Roman senators
Curia's debating members
Roman senators were members of the Senate, the governing council that advised Rome's leaders and shaped its laws from the early Republic through the Empire.
Senators formed Rome's aristocratic elite, distinguished by their toga's broad purple stripe.
The term now refers historically to these ancient legislators: Roman senators debated in the Curia.
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