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There are some redundancies throughout this entry. I might do some clean-up. Thoughts? 70.62.254.122 (talk) 09:34, 18 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Kingdom Senate

While it's important to include a section on the original Senate, it should be brief and only reflect what (little) is known. Unfortunately the author here has misunderstood the role of the early Senate which was simply the king's advisory council, and confused its powers and rights with those of the patrician clan chiefs. When a king died the right to take the auspices (ius auspicii) reverted to (and ONLY to) the patrician clan heads who met in conclave to choose the series of interreges who presided over the state (for five days each) until a new king was elected.
Also the Senate and senators were named nor from old age (senex, senectus) but from something slightly different: seniority or full adulthood, which began at 37 and the title of which was senior(es), as opposed to the younger men (under 37) who were called iunior(es). It would be a good idea not to make a major statement about these matters without being able to cite a source for it. .Appietas (talk) 00:59, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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