> The senate was a corrupt, spoiled, bunch who only cared so much for the Republican because it provided them a ton of power within a very powerful polity; and

> The senate was a corrupt, spoiled, bunch who only cared so much for the Republican because it provided them a ton of power within a very powerful polity; and it was there’s the way a child thinks his parents back yard is theirs. It's a story as old as time. 1,500 years later down the road it's the Medici, nobility, and Signoria of the "Republic" of Florence.