Their main job was to set policy for the consuls. Each year, the Senate would choose from among its ranks two co-consuls to serve as sort of the chief executives of Rome. There needed to be two so that they could check each other's ambition, and also so that one could, you know, take care of Rome domestically while the other was off fighting wars conquering new territory. There were two additional checks on power. First, the one-year term, I mean, how much trouble can you really do in a year, right? Unless you're the CEO of Netflix, I mean, he destroyed that company in like two weeks. And secondly, once a senator had served as consul, he was forbidden to serve as consul again for at least ten years, although that went a little bit like how you say you're only going to eat one chipotle burrito per week and then there are a few exceptions and then all of a sudden you're there every day and yes, I know guacamole is more, just give it to me.