The Golden Age of the Roman Senate (200–133 BCE)

200 BCE · Roma · political

In the aftermath of the Second Punic War the Senate acquired practically unlimited authority: over foreign policy, state finances and provincial administration.

The consulship and the magistracies moved within an oligarchic cycle. Polybius praised this period as the summit of the "mixed constitution".

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What was The Golden Age of the Roman Senate (200–133 BCE)?
In the aftermath of the Second Punic War the Senate acquired practically unlimited authority: over foreign policy, state finances and provincial administration.
When did The Golden Age of the Roman Senate (200–133 BCE) happen?
200 BCE
Where did The Golden Age of the Roman Senate (200–133 BCE) take place?
Roma