Another office not officially a step in the cursus honorum was the princeps senatus, an extremely prestigious office for a patrician.

Censors could, however, confirm a princeps senatus for a period of another five years.

The princeps senatus was chosen from all Patricians who had served as a Consul, with former Censors usually holding the office.

One of these offices was princeps senatus, (" first man of the Senate ") and became shortened into Augustus ' chief honorific, Princeps ( usually translated as " first citizen ") form which the modern English word and title prince is descended.

* Future Roman Emperor Valerian becomes princeps senatus.

The Latin word prīnceps ( older Latin * prīsmo-kaps, literally " the one who takes the first "), became the usual title of the informal leader of the Roman senate some centuries before the transition to empire, the princeps senatus.

In 238 he was princeps senatus, and Gordian I negotiated through him for Senatorial acknowledgement for his claim as emperor.

* Marcus Aemilius Lepidus is appointed both censor and princeps senatus.

* Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus, son of the censor, adopted into the Aemilii Lepidi, married Cornelia Sulla and had issue, consul in 77 BC, and princeps senatus.

The first to speak was usually the most senior senator ( the princeps senatus or " first senator "), who was then followed by ex-consuls ( consulares ), and then the praetors and ex-praetors ( praetorii ).

Several other titles and offices were regularly accumulated by emperors, such as caesar, princeps senatus, consul and Pontifex Maximus.

Among their permanent privileges were the traditional Republican title of princeps senatus ( leader of the Senate ) and the religious office of pontifex maximus ( chief priest of Roman state ).

As princeps senatus ( lit., " first man of the senate "), the emperor could receive foreign embassies to Rome ; some emperors ( such as Tiberius ) are known to have delegated this task to the Senate.

The office of princeps senatus, however, was not a magistracy and did not own imperium.

As holding princeps senatus, the emperor declared the opening and closure of each Senate session, declared the Senate's agenda, imposed rules and regulation for the Senate to follow, and met with foreign ambassadors in the name of the Senate.

The princeps senatus ( plural principes senatus ) was the first member by precedence of the Roman Senate.

By the time of her birth, Scaurus was around 70 and, as princeps senatus, the speaker of the Senate, was one of the most important politicians of Rome.

The princeps senatus ( plural principes senatus ) was the first member by precedence of the Roman Senate.

The princeps senatus was not a lifetime appointment.

Censors could, however, confirm a princeps senatus for a period of another 5 years.

After the fall of the Roman Republic, the princeps senatus was the Roman Emperor ( see also: princeps ).

According to the abbey's records, in which he was called princeps Australium Saxonum, Eadwinus nomine ( Eadwine leader of the South Saxons ), he bequeathed estates to them in his will, although the document itself has not survived.

After his election as princeps ( prince, principal leader ) of the Asturians by the local magnates in the Visigothic manner, Pelagius made his capital at Cangas de Onís.

It is etymologically derived from the Latin word princeps, meaning chief or first, the political regime dominated by such a political leader, whether or not he is formally head of state and / or head of government.

The Senate quickly met and began debating a change of government, but this eventually devolved into an argument over which of them would be the new princeps.

* Emperor Augustus is proclaimed Pater Patriae, or " father of the country " by the Roman Senate ; this bestowed title is the logical consequence and final proof of Augustus ' supreme position as princeps, the first in charge over the Roman state.

* Scipio Africanus becomes censor and princeps Senatus ( the titular head of the Roman Senate ).

The Senate disputed the issue but eventually confirmed Tiberius as princeps.

This usage of " princeps " derived from the position of Princeps Senatus, the " first among equals " of the Senate.

This gave the position great dignitas as it allowed the princeps to set the tone of the debate in the Senate.

In the same year he was nominated princeps senatus and confirmed by the Senate, an office which he held until his death.

Nor is it certain whether this distinction was of any practical importance, although it has been suggested that the princeps senatus, or speaker of the Senate, was usually chosen from their number.

Patricians also enjoyed official precedence, such as the right to speak first in senatorial debates, which were initiated by the princeps senatus (" Leader of the Senate "), a position reserved for patricians.

The Senate voted the title to Caesar Augustus in 2 BC, but being neither important for the ruler's legitimacy nor for his legal powers, it did not become a regular part of the imperial honors, contrary to Imperator, Caesar, Augustus, princeps senatus, pontifex maximus and tribunicia potestas.

The title itself derived from the position of the princeps senatus, traditionally the oldest member of the Senate who had the right to be heard first on any debate.

ΑΒΡΑΣΑΞ, which is far more common in the sources than the variant form Abraxas, ΑΒΡΑΞΑΣ ) was a word of mystic meaning in the system of the Gnostic Basilides, being there applied to the “ Great Archon ” ( Gk., megas archōn ), the princeps of the 365 spheres ( Gk., ouranoi ).

The Greek editio princeps was edited by Francesco Robortello and published at Venice in 1552.

He was, however, forced to increase their role as the powers of the princeps became more centralized and the burden larger.

The editio princeps of Arithmetica was published in 1575 by Xylander.

Meanwhile, the prince Gisulf I of Salerno began using the title Langobardorum gentis princeps around mid-century, but the ideal of a united Lombard principality was realised only in December 977, when Gisulf died and his domains were inherited by Pandulf Ironhead, who temporarily held almost all Italy south of Rome and brought the Lombards into alliance with the Holy Roman Empire.

The book was a textbook, and was used as such in the schools of Europe for about a century and a half after the editio princeps was published by Flacius Illyricus in 1556.

The original, but now less common use of the word, originated in the application of the Latin word princeps, from Roman, more precisely Byzantine law, and the classical system of government that was the European feudal society.

A lord of even a quite small territory might come to be referred to as a prince before the 13th century, either from translations of a native title into the Latin princeps ( as for the hereditary ruler of Wales ), or when the lord's territory was allodial.

The first kings of Asturias referred to themselves as " princeps " ( prince ) and later as " rex " ( king ), but the later title was not firmly established until the period of Alphonse II.

The editio princeps of Astronomicon was prepared by the astronomer Regiomontanus, using very corrupted manuscripts, and published in Nuremberg about 1473.

Babington's edition was a facsimile of the editio princeps published at Venice in 1543, with an Introduction and French and English versions.

Pepin was created mayor in all three Frankish kingdoms ( Austrasia, Neustria, and Burgundy ) and began calling himself Duke and Prince of the Franks ( dux et princeps Francorum ).

A Saturnalicius princeps was elected master of ceremonies for the proceedings.

The editio princeps was by Mai, as described above ; the standard edition is the Teubner text by M. van den Hout ( Leipzig, 1988 ).

In 1139, Bari, where during the wars of the past year 50, 000 inhabitants had remained unscathed behind the massive walls, decided to surrender: the excellentissimus princeps Jaquintus, who had led the rebellion of the city, was hanged together with many of his followers, but the city avoided a sack.

In Etruscan mythology, Voltumna or Veltha was the chthonic ( earth ) deity, who became the supreme god of the Etruscan pantheon, the deus Etruriae princeps, according to Varro.

Girard's father was the first to carry the title, being called princeps Blaviensis as early as 1090.