The Roman Senate started life as an advisory ... could afford to become deeply involved in politics. During the empire, the senate was at the head of the government bureaucracy and was a law ...

During the empire, cliens were required to offer ... so letting equestrians into the Senate was a big step. Over time, the Senate would be open to Roman citizens from outside Italy.

meaning he could rule the Roman Empire alone. He was assassinated in the Senate by political opponents who were concerned he was too powerful. Emperor Augustus was the first Roman emperor.

The Eastern Roman Empire had seven simultaneous emperors during the Middle Ages, between the years 1203 and 1204 AD. This was ...

Their Senate would often convene in his temple, further coiling governance with his worship. With the sheer and grand rise of ...