Good relationship with senate Flashcards
His addressing of them
Showed an almost excessive courtesy when addressing individual senators or the senate as a whole.
If he disagreed with a senator
In a disagreement he said “forgive me if I trespass on my rights as a senator by speaking more plainly than I should”
The power he says he holds
Then he turned to the house and said that: a princeps who has had as much power placed in his hands as the senate has placed in his should regard himself the servant of the Senate, often the people, sometimes private citizens.
“gave the appearance of restoring popular liberties”
Gave the appearance of restoring popular liberties by seeing that the Senate and magistrates enjoyed their former dignity and authority
A job he gave to the senators
Referred ALL public business to the senators
Asked the senate it’s advice
asking them for advice in many matters such as national revenue, construction/repair of public buildings as well as many military: disbanding, stationing, extension of commands, choice of generals, how to answer letters from foreign rulers.
entering the senate house
Always Entered the senate house unattended
he abstained from complaint
If decrees were passed in defiance of his wishes, he abstained from complaint
The senate defy him (he is respectful)
- he insisted Magistrates-elect should stay at home attending to business. The senate allowed a praetor-elect to travel oversees.
- he wished for a road to be built but he was overruled
- the senate put a motion to a vote, he sided with the minority, no one followed him.
what did he leave to magistrates
Left a great deal of public business to the magistrates
What happened to the consuls
they grew so important again
Tiberius stood up when the consuls appeared
And made way on meeting them in the streets.
generals sent dispatches to approve military honours
-Some generals of consular rank earned a rebuff by addressing their dispatches to Tiberius rather than the Senate and asking him to approve awards of military honours as if they were incapable of doing this themselves at their own discretion.
HE began to intervene (beginning of reign)
when things were not done properly
What things did he interfere with
revoked certain orders
Offering to sit on the tribunal beside the magistrates in an advisory capacity (unknowingly oppressive)
HE also interfered because if the law was not being upheld
If he discovered influence was being used to acquit a criminal he would address the jury asking them to remember the sanctity of the law
