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Conscript Fathers
In Latin, Patres Conscripti. The Roman senate. Romulus
instituted a senate consisting of a hundred elders, called Patres
(Fathers). After the Sabines joined the State, another hundred were
added. Tarquinius Priscus, the fifth king, added a third hundred,
called Patres Minorum Gentium. When Tarquinius Superbus, the
seventh and last king of Rome, was banished, several of the senate
followed him, and the vacancies were filled up by Junius Brutus, the
first consul. The new members were enrolled in the senatorial register,
and called Conscripti; the entire body was then addressed as
Patres [et] Conscripti or Patres, Conscripti.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Conscript Fathers from Infoplease:
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