Talk:Principate

Convoluted sentence
In the last paragraph of the section on the Dominate: "The political role of the Senate went into final eclipse, no more being heard of the division by the Augustan Principate of the provinces between imperial provinces and senatorial provinces."

I find this sentence really ungrammatical, and I don't think it is clear what is exactly meant by it. Please if someone knows what it means, formulate it in a way that doesn't confuse the reader. Or if I'm just being dumb, please explain its meaning. OberleutnantMarton (talk) 13:57, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I assume what is meant is: "The political role of the Senate was finally extinguished. Provinces were no longer designated "imperial" or "senatorial" as they were during Augustus's Principate." Two problems with saying that at this point in the article: (1) the article hasn't explained the distinction earlier (see Roman province). It comes out of the blue as if readers know all about it. (2) I think that distinction had disappeared long before the Dominate. DeCausa (talk) 18:51, 14 March 2024 (UTC)