The three main elements of the Roman Republic were the magistrates, popular assembly, and the senate. ... Senate or the council of the elders had especially important position in the Roman Republic. ... This shows that magistrates may have the right to rule, but senate had the more power. ... In the 2nd century B.C, the senate became the effective governing body in Rome. ... Roman Republic dramatically changed to Roman Empire in 31B.C, when Octavian defeated Anthony in the battle of Actium in 31B.C.Augustus was off course the first emperor of the Roman Empire, who established the idea of const...

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During the first and second centuries, the women of the imperial family of the Roman Empire had a difficult role to play. ... On this side the inscription reads AGRIPP AVG DIVI CLAVD NERONIS CAES MATER EX S C, which gives Agrippina's title as the wife of the divine Claudius and the mother of Nero, and proclaims that the coin was minted by decree of the senate. ... It is an example of a fairly standard practice in the Roman empire in which the new emperor shows respect for the previous emperor. ... On the reverse is a depiction of her riding in the funerary chariot pulled by elephants, ...

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