Senate
The Senate were also a body of patricians, 300 citizens from the wealthiest
families of Rome.They also maintained the treasury as well as foreign policy and
they served for life. They outweighed the Assembly of Centuries and advised the consuls, proposed laws, and approved new
construction of roads, temples and military defenses. They were supposedly an advisory
body but in actuality they were the center of all policy decisions concerning
foreign affairs, military matters, finances, public land, and state religion.
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History of Rome - Part One 743 - 136 B.C.
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