Government Flashcards
Consul
Two men-executives
Cursus honorum
Course of honors
Praetor
Judges (8 elected annually)
Quaestor
Treasurers (20 elected yearly(
Aedile
In charge of roads and public games
4 elected yearly
Censor
2 elected every five years for 18 months- in charge of taking the census and public morals
Dictator
Had absolute power, only in times of crisis, usually served for 6 months)
Magister equitum
Master of the cavalry
Senator
Must be a praetor to enter- for life
Tribune
10 elected early- only plebeians can run- can veto the senate
Patricians/optimates
Highest social class
Equites
Business class
Plebeians (don’t be a pleb micoo)
Lowest social class
Patron
Patron
Cliens
Clients
Salutatio
Visit of client to patrons house
Sportula
Cold good basket given to client when he is received by the patron in his atrium
Deductio
Patron leads clients to forum
Paterfamilias
Head of the family (family includes wife, children, slaves, and property)
Patria potestas
Power of paterfamilias over family