Research was long dominated by the view that the once omnipotent senate became a meaningless institution in late antiquity. However, this systematic analysis of its activities shows that it continued to be active in the executive, legislature, and judiciary, and exerted political influence through its very wealthy members. Moreover, this book inquires into whether it continued to exist in the Carolingian period.

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Frank M. Ausbüttel, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.