So another question is, well, who gets to be a consul and who gets to be a Senate? Well, in the early days, the Senate was mainly, or it was patrician, and over time, as you have, as plebeians start to exert more and more power, especially as we go into the mid and later Republic, Roman Republic, you start to have more wealthy plebeians in the Senate. But in general, the Senate is composed of the aristocracy. So wealthy and influential men of Rome are in the Senate. How are they selected for the Senate? Well, in the early days, it was actually the consuls who selected the senators. Later on, or shortly thereafter, and for most of the Republic period of Rome, it was a position called the censor that decided who got to actually serve in the Senate.