This week on the blog: We continue our look at diversity in the Roman Empire with a look at new entrants to Rome's political and literary elite from Italy and the provinces - and also the attitude of other Roman elites to these new entrants:https://acoup.blog/2021/07/16/collections-the-queens-latin-or-who-were-the-romans-part-iii-bigotry-and-diversity-at-rome/ …
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Have you already recommended or can you recommend something on the election systems of the Republic. I still don't quite get how one became a member of the senate. You mentioned qualifications but imagine there was more than ticking some boxes.
In the republic, you got to be a member of the senate by winning election to the quaestorship; that granted membership (with asterisks) in the senate for life. During the empire, emperors could also induct individuals into the senate before they had achieved the relevant office.
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Augustus also added formal wealth qualifications; in the republic the senate was a rich man's club by custom, but Augustus made that law.
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Anyway, on the structure of the republic and its government, A. Lintott, The Constitution of the Roman Republic (1999) is a solid overview. On the senate of the empire, RJA Talbert, The Senate of Imperial Rome (1984) is the standard reference.
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