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Senate A roman could automatically become a senator when he became a magistrate. A magistrate is an government offical. For many years becoming a roman senator was a high point of a romans life. Originaly there were one-hundred people in the senate. But when they became a republic they increased it to 600 people. But the senaters weren't elected like they are today. The end enduring impact of the romans was they gave us the idea of a republic. the chief magistrate were the consuls. The senate had to work under various religious restritions. The word senate comes from the latin word senex. As you might know the United States government is partially based on the Roman government. This is where the U.S. government got the idea to have senators. We still use senators today in the U.S.