The council whose members were heads of wealthy landowning families at the center of political action in the Roman Republic was

a. the Council of Nobles.
b. annually elected civic officials.
c. the Senate.
d. the Plebeian Council.
e. the Congress of Monarchs.


ANSWER:
c

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