The term 'SENATE SETTING' is a reference to the setting of the United States Senate. The two crossword solutions, ROME (4 letters) and CAPITOL (7 letters), refer to the two most important locations for the Senate: Rome, Italy, where the Roman Senate was located, and the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., where the U.S. Senate meets today. The Roman Senate was the model for the U.S. Senate, which was established by the Constitution in 1787.