penl  &om  a  sentoica  of  the  aenate.  (Dion  Can.
lit  1 8  ;  Dig^  49.  tit  2.  s.  1 .  §  2.)  The  princep*
a  wtucb  were  not  tontaiae4


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in  tha  abors  taUgoriei,  or  vhich  he  might  have
decided  faimidt  to  the  •anBte,  or  requected  ill  co-
opentiDD.  (Suet  OaaiL  It,  lB,Nero,  16,  Domil.
8,  &C.)  Reageetiaa  the  laoriDcei  of  the
pKovma*.
When  CorvtsstiDciple  wu  trade  the  teomd
capital  of  the  empire,  Cenatsnliiie  inetitnted  liia  a
HKond  aenste  in  4hi>  cit;-  (Sazomen,  ii.  2  ;  Etotrj*-
lU  gal.  Qm^  30),  upon  which  Julian  caahzmi    "
the  priTiEegea  ef  the  aouite  of  Roma     (Zoaim,
11  ;  Liban.    OraL   ad  Jleodot.   iL    p.  3B3,    i
JdotelL)     Both  tbeie  Knalei  were  atill  umedn
conaulled  b;  the  Gmperon  in  an  ontia  upon  m.
ten  of  legi^tion  (Cod.  Tbeod.  6.  lit.  2.  a.  11  ;
gymimch.  EpiiL  x.  2.  2B  ;  Cod.  1.  tit  14.  i.  S) :
the  lenate  of  Conitantinc^le  retained  ita  ihaie  in
legiilaliDn  down  to  the  ninth  oentniy.  (Not.  Leon,
78.)     Each  aenate  alao  cmtinned  to  be  a  high
oonrt  of  juatice  to  which  the  emperor  nfcned  im-
portant crimina]  caaea.     (Amm.  Mart  zxriiL  1.
no  longei  lame  imdff  their  joriadiction,  but  eithn:
under  that  of  the  goTernora  of  proriDcea,  or  of
the  ^feetl  of  the  two  dtiet.  {Walter,  p.  S67,
Aic)  CinI  euea  of  tenaton  likewiaa  beloaged  to
tha  fbmiD  of  the  pnefeetni  nibi.  (Cod.  3.  tit.  21.
a.  S  i  SymmadL  MpitL  i.  68.)  The  leuBtorial
dignity  via  now  obuined  by  deaeant  (Cod.  Theod.
6.  tic  2.  a.  2;  IS:  tit.  1.  a.  SB;  Caaaiodv.  Fariar.
