Government/social Structure Flashcards
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Consul
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Two men - executives - elected yearly
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Cursus honorum
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Course of honors - steps you take to make it to the highest jobs (bottom to top: quaestor, praetor, consul)
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Praetor
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Judges (8 elected yearly)
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Quaestor
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Treasurers (20 elected yearly)
4
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Aedile
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In charge of roads and public games (4 elected yearly)
5
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Censor
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2 elected every five years for 18 months - in charge of taking the census and public morals
6
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Senator
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Must be a praetor to enter - for life
7
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Tribune
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10 elected yearly - only plebeians can run - can veto the senate
8
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Patricians/optimates
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HIGHEST CLASS
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Equites
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Business class
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Plebeians/populares
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Lower class
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Patron
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Patron
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Cliens
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Client
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Salutatio
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Visit of client to patron’s house
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Sportula
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Cold food basket given to client when he is received by patron in his atrium
