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    The princeps senatus (pl. principes senatus), in English the leader of the senate, was the first member by precedence on the membership rolls of the Roman...
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  • person". As a title, princeps originated in the Roman Republic wherein the leading member of the Senate was designated princeps senatus. It is primarily associated...
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    among equals" among the citizens of Rome. Under the Republic, the princeps senatus, traditionally the oldest or most honoured member of the Senate, had...
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    in the cursus honorum was the princeps senatus, an extremely prestigious office for a patrician. The princeps senatus served as the leader of the Senate...
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    entities mentioned, Senātus and the Populus Rōmānus, are sovereign when combined. However, where populus is sovereign alone, Senātus is not. Under the Roman...
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    explicitly refers to himself as the princeps senatus. The title was also sometimes given to heirs, in the form of princeps iuventutis ("first of the youth")...
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    the law overrode the senatus consultum, because the senatus consultum had its authority based in precedent, and not in law. A senatus consultum, however...
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    If a senatus consultum conflicted with a law (lex) that was passed by an assembly, the law overrode the senatus consultum because the senatus consultum...
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    assemblies if it refused to do so. Despite fierce opposition from the princeps senatus, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, the senate bowed to his pressure...
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  • statesman who served as consul in 115 BC. He was also a long-standing princeps senatus, occupying the post from 115 until his death in late 89 or early 88...
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    Catiline's plot in 63 BC. In Cicero's day, speaking order started with the princeps senatus, then the consuls-elect, followed by the ex-consuls in an order set...
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    legal significance is not known, but it has been suggested that the princeps senatus, or Speaker of the Senate, was traditionally chosen from the gentes...
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  • traditionally owing to his seniority in office. Historically, the princeps senatus of the Roman Senate was such a figure and initially bore only the distinction...
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  • between 73 and 69 BC) was a consul of the Roman Republic in 100 BC and princeps senatus (leader of the senate) during the civil wars of the 80s. He is noted...
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    senatorial families such as the Anicii, while the Senate's leader, the princeps senatus, often served as the right hand of the barbarian leader. It is known...
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    in 159 BC, pontifex maximus (chief priest) in 150 BC, and finally princeps senatus (leader of the Senate) in 147 BC. Corculum was a talented military...
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    A senatus consultum (Latin: decree of the senate, plural: senatus consulta) is a text emanating from the senate in Ancient Rome. It is used in the modern...
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    he took the title princeps senatus in 28 BC. However, he also states that Augustus "added five years to his own terms as princeps, since his ten-year...
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    Curia Praetor Aedile Cursus honorum Byzantine Senate Princeps senatus Procurator (Roman) Acta Senatus Abbott, Frank Frost (1901). A History and Description...
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    interrex was elected by, and from among, the patrician senators; the princeps senatus was originally elected by the curiae ... the pontifices and flamens...
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    Cursus honorum Byzantine Senate Pontifex Maximus Princeps senatus Interrex Promagistrate Acta Senatus Abbott, Frank Frost (1901). A History and Description...
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    the Horse Senate Cursus honorum Pontifex Maximus Princeps senatus Interrex Procurator Acta Senatus Abbott, 28 Gwyn, David (2012). The Roman Republic:...
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  • any practical importance, although it has been suggested that the princeps senatus, or speaker of the Senate, was usually chosen from their number. For...
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    short descriptions of redirect targets Princeps senatus – First member by precedence of the Roman Senate Acta Senatus – Minutes of the Roman Senate Lintott...
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    Cursus honorum Byzantine Senate Princeps senatus Elections in the Roman Republic Interrex Procurator (Roman) Acta Senatus Tricameralism Lintott, 44 Taylor...
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    as they judged proper. They also confirmed the princeps senatus, or appointed a new one. The princeps himself had to be a former censor. After the lists...
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    established a lasting peace. He was self-evidently favoured by the gods. As princeps senatus ("first man or head of the senate") he presided at senatorial meetings...
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    redirect targets Pontifex maximus – Chief high priest in ancient Rome Princeps senatus – First member by precedence of the Roman Senate Interrex – Position...
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    tribune Rex Triumviri Decemviri Public law Mos maiorum Ius Senatus consultum Quaestio perpetua Senatus consultum ultimum Titles and honours Emperor Legatus...
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    tribune Rex Triumviri Decemviri Public law Mos maiorum Ius Senatus consultum Quaestio perpetua Senatus consultum ultimum Titles and honours Emperor Legatus...
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