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**Htb48JBf** · 02-11-2007, 08:18 AM

As someone said, the Romans themselves would not have called their system a MOnarchy, as the title of Emperor was supposedly given by the Senate. As nominal as this became, that was what supposedly seperated their system from the hated past of Kings.

The Kings were elected by the Senate when Rome was a monarchy.

02-11-2007, 08:18 AM	#6
Htb48JBf Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 413 Senior Member	As someone said, the Romans themselves would not have called their system a MOnarchy, as the title of Emperor was supposedly given by the Senate. As nominal as this became, that was what supposedly seperated their system from the hated past of Kings. The Kings were elected by the Senate when Rome was a monarchy.
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