This work examines the status, privileges, and functions of each division of the republican Roman senate: the consular grade (especially the principes senatus) and the junior senators (especially the tribunician and quaestorian grades). The author's analysis focuses on the level of participation in senate debates by each rank of senator.

This practical dictionary of the Latin language contains over 100,000 entries in a concise, easy-to-use format. The direction of the translation is from Latin to English. It offers a broad vocabulary from all areas and can be used as a classic reference work.