how are debates conducted over there?
A senator could make a brief statement, discuss the matter in detail, or talk about an unrelated topic. All senators had to speak before a vote could be held.
Senate of the Roman Republic
A senator could make a brief statement, discuss the matter in detail, or talk about an unrelated topic. All senators had to speak before a vote could be held, and since all meetings had to end by nightfall,
where did the roman government meet to conduct its business The Curia Hostilia. describe the senate's standards on ethics? Senators could not engage in banking or any form of public contract without legal approval. They could not own a ship that was large enough to participate in foreign commerce without legal approval, and they could not leave Italy without permission from the Senate. what are the standards for the venue? While Senate meetings could take place either inside or outside of the formal boundary of the city (the "pomerium"), no meeting could take place more than a mile outside of the "pomerium". what is the "pomerium"? It was a religious boundary around the city of Rome and cities controlled by Rome. from where did the religious boundary get its name? The term is a classical contraction of the Latin phrase "", literally "beyond the wall". to where is it extended? UNANSWERABLE was the place where the roman government meet to conduct its business destroyed? Yes, by fire. how is the architecture of the place? Its architecture had changed a number of times, all sources mention the "Tabula Valeria", a painting on the exterior of the Curia's western wall. what was the cause behind the fire? A makeshift funeral fire that went out of control. who made the above mentioned painting? UNANSWERABLE describe the voting system used in the aforementioned senate? It was not an elected body, but one whose members were appointed by the consuls, and later by the censors.
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Senate of the Roman Republic [SEP] Debates
This continued, until the most junior senators had spoken. Senators who had held magisterial office always spoke before those who had not, and if a "patrician" was of equal seniority as a "plebeian", the patrician would always speak first. A senator could make a brief statement, discuss the matter in detail, or talk about an unrelated topic. All senators had to speak before a vote could be held, and since all meetings had to end by nightfall, a senator could talk a proposal to death (a filibuster or "diem consumere") if they could keep the debate going until nightfall. It is known, for example, that the senator Cato the Younger once filibustered in an attempt to prevent the Senate from granting Julius Caesar a law that would have given land to the veterans of Pompey.