If an individual was not of senatorial rank, there were two ways for that individual to become a senator.

For private citizens of senatorial rank, they would have their property confiscated.

Unlike landholding, industry was not considered an honorable profession for those of senatorial rank.

He is said to have been the son of a man named Zeno, who had senatorial rank.

It was designed for men of senatorial rank.

And by the Senate, in the case of a senatorial rank?

The intention here may be to suggest that Domitianus was of senatorial rank.

Among those he converted was a certain Alexander, a man of senatorial rank.

According to some sources, he even kept his senatorial rank.

In order to qualify as a legate, a man had to be of full senatorial rank.