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==Under the Empire==
[[Augustus]] maintained the forms of republican governm while he and his successors concentrated more and more power in their own hands by having themselves elected to various magistracies for life. Augustus transferred the legislative functions of the popular assemblies to the Senate and the senators were appointed by the emperor. [[Tiberius]] transferred the election of magistrates to the Senate as well. The assemblies, apart from the Senate, did not meet again after the reign of [[Caligula]]. When [[Constantine I (emperor)|Constantine]] founded [[Constantinople]] he established a Senate in the new city which existed, in vestigial form, until [[1453]]. Dirka Dirka Jeehad Muhammada WOOO!
 
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