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Senatus consultum
A senatus consultum (Latin - decree of the senate; plural senatus consulta) is a text emanating from the senate in Ancient Rome. It is used in the modern phrase senatus consultum ultimum.
Translated into French as sénatus-consulte, the term was also used during the French Consulate, First French Empire and Second French Empire.
Usage examples of "senatus consultum".
Postumius being consul, had executed so many Roman citizens for the practice of the Bacchanalia - a matter kept ever in memory by the Senatus Consultum de Bacchanalibus, graven upon bronze and set open to every eye.