Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Roman Empire. The title was also used in other city states, and revived in modern states, notably French Republic before the Napoleon I of Franceic counter-revolution.... 77 BC and possibly Princeps Senatus
Princeps senatus
The princeps senatus was the first member by precedence of the Roman Senate. Although officially out of the cursus honorum and owning no imperium, this office brought enormous prestige to the senator holding it.... was a well connected and influential figure in Late Republican politics. Brother of Marcus Livius Drusus (tribune)
Marcus Livius Drusus (tribune)
The younger Marcus Livius Drusus, son of Marcus Livius Drusus , was tribune of the Plebs in 91 BC. In the manner of Gaius Gracchus, he set out with comprehensive plans, but his aim was to strengthen senatorial rule.... and son of Marcus Livius Drusus (censor)
Marcus Livius Drusus (censor)
The elder Marcus Livius Drusus was set up as tribune by the Roman Senate in 121 BC to undermine Gaius Gracchus' land reform bills. To do this, he proposed creating twelve colonies with 3000 settlers each from the poorer classes, and relieving rent on property distributed since 133 BC.... , he was adopted into the Aemilii Lepidi. He married Cornelia Sulla, daughter of Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix , or simply Sulla, was a Roman general and politician, holding the office of consul twice as well as the Roman dictator.... , and may have been (the evidence is inconclusive) princeps senatus
Princeps senatus
The princeps senatus was the first member by precedence of the Roman Senate. Although officially out of the cursus honorum and owning no imperium, this office brought enormous prestige to the senator holding it.... in the Sullan senate. He was consul in 77 BC, the year after Sulla's death.
Colleen McCullough Order of Australia is an internationally acclaimed Australian author. McCullough was born in Wellington, New South Wales in central west New South Wales to James and Laurie McCullough.... 's novel The Grass Crown (novel)
The Grass Crown (novel)
The Grass Crown is the second historical novel in Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series.The novel opens shortly after the action of The First Man in Rome .... and its sequels.
