What did the government do to try combat inflation?

Governments can use wage and price controls to fight inflation, but that can cause recession and job losses. Governments can also employ a contractionary monetary policy to fight inflation by reducing the money supply within an economy via decreased bond prices and increased interest rates.

whose power in the senate is equal to the power of the speaker of the house?

after the roman empire, the catholic church began to unify by taking on many duties of a government.