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en-wikipedia-org-891		Byzantine Senate - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	2699	336	64	The traditional principles that senatorial rank was hereditary and that the normal way of becoming a member of the Senate itself was by holding a magistracy still remained in full force.[1] By the time of the permanent division of the Roman Empire in 395, praetors' responsibilities had been reduced to a purely municipal role.[1] Their sole duty was to manage the spending of money on the exhibition of games or on public works. The late Eastern Roman Senate was very different from the Republican Senate as the offices of aedile and tribune had long fallen into abeyance and by the end of the 4th century the quaestorship was on the point of disappearing, save as a provincial magistrate.[1] The emperor or the Senate itself could also issue a decree to grant a man not born into the senatorial order a seat in the Senate. The Senate was led by the Prefect of the City (Constantinople), who conducted all of its communications with the emperor.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-891.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-891.txt