Roman Senate

The Roman Senate (Latin, Senatus) was a deliberative body which was important in the government of both the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. The word Senatus is derived from the Latin word senex ("old man" or "elder"); literally, "Senate" is understood to mean something along the lines of Council of Elders.

See also

• Senate
• cursus honorum
• Byzantine Senate
• consul
• praetor
• censor
• tribune
• aedile
• quaestor
• Pontifex Maximus
• Princeps senatus
• Interrex
• procurator
• Roman dictator
• Master of the horse