How did the Senate Work in Ancient Rome?

One of the most outstanding buildings of the Roman Forum is the Senate. Originally it was called Curia Hostilia since it marked its origins way back to the king Tullus Hostilius (6th century BCE). Julius Caesar, after having celebrated his triumph in Rome in the year 50 BCE, decided to increase the number of the senators from 300 to 900, but the space of the Curia Hostilia wasn't big enough to accommodate the new patricians. This issue gave him the chance to build a new larger Senate House, and at the same time on the back of the new Senate he began the construction of his own forum dedicated to Venus Julia, mother of his dynasty. The building that still today stands in good conditions is the House he created. Another reason why this building remained almost intact until the present times is its transformation into a church in the seventh century BCE.
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