TY - BOOK AU - Talbert,Richard J.A. TI - The Senate of Imperial Rome SN - 9781400849765 AV - JC85.S4 U1 - 328/.3/0937 19 PY - 2022///] CY - Princeton, NJ : PB - Princeton University Press, KW - HISTORY / Ancient / Rome KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --; PREFACE --; ABBREVIATIONS --; INTRODUCTION --; Part One THE CORPORATE BODY --; 1 THE SENATE --; 2 SENATORS --; Part Two SESSIONS --; 3 MEETING PLACES AND THE INTERIOR OF THE CURIA JULIA --; 4 ATTENDANCE --; 5 THE EMPEROR IN THE SENATE --; 6 ROUTINE --; 7 PROCEDURE --; 8 PROCEDURAL CHANGE IN THE SECOND CENTURY --; 9 RECORDS AND THEIR USE --; Part Three FUNCTIONS --; 10 ELECTIONS AND THE LOT --; 11 IMPERIAL POWERS AND OTHER HONORS --; 12 THE SENATE'S ROLE IN ADMINISTRATION --; 13 THE SENATE'S ROLE IN ADMINISTRATION (CONTINUED) --; 14 DIPLOMACY, THE ARMY, AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS --; 15 SENATORIAL LEGISLATION --; 16 THE SENATORIAL COURT --; 17 CONCLUSION: THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE SENATE --; APPENDICES --; EXTENDED NOTES --; INFORMATION FOR NON-SPECIALIST READERS --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES --; GENERAL INDEX; restricted access N2 - Richard J. A. Talbert examines the composition, procedure, and functions of the Roman senate during the Principate (30 B.C.-A.D. 238). Although it is of central importance to the period, this great council has not previously received such scholarly treatment. Offering a fresh approach to major ancient authors (Pliny and Tacitus in particular), the book also draws on inscriptions and legal writers never before fully exploited for the study of the senate UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400849765?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400849765 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781400849765/original ER -