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Govt, Caesar Flashcards

0
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How many quaestors were there?

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20

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Say all the steps (including optional) of Cursus Honorum (QAPCC)

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Quaestors (Aediles) Praetors Consuls Censors

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How long did a quaestor serve?

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1 year

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The role of the questors

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Financial officers, guardians of Treasury

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How many aediles/types of aediles were there?

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2 curule, and 2 plebeian

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Responsibilities of aediles

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City administration: streets, water, public games, grain-supply

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Length an aedile term

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1 year

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7
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How many praetors were there?

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8

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Role of the praetors

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judges, acted for consuls in their absence

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9
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Length of the praetorship

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1 year

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10
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Length of consulship

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1 year

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How many consuls were there?

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2

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12
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Which offices possessed imperium, or supreme administrative power?

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consul and praetors

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13
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How many censors were there?

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2

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14
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How long was a censor elected for?

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18 months

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15
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Every ___ years, two censors were elected

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5

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16
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What official list of the citizens did the censors control?

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census

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17
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Senate was composed of ____ individuals

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600

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18
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The Senate was chosen by ____

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Consuls

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19
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The Senate was composed of ________

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ex-magistrates

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20
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Senators served for ______

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life

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21
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Senators were ________ to the consuls

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advisors

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22
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The Tribune of the Plebs had _____ individuals

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10

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23
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The subordinate to the dictator was the ________

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magister equitum

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24
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A dictator served for _______ months and was chosen by one of the ________

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6, consuls

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25
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The Tribunes of the Plebs had _____ powe

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veto

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26
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Name the 3 assemblies of the people

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Comitia curiata, Comitia centuriata, Comitia tributa

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Comitia curiata

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RELIGIOUS functions, mostly Patricians

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Comitia centuriata

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Elected higher magistrates, enacted laws, declared war

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Comitia tributa

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Council of the Plebeians, elected Tribunes and Plebeian Aediles

30
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Minimum age requirement for consul

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43

31
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A consul after the election before taking office was called a _____

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consul designatus

32
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ex-consul

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consularis

33
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After taking his consulship, a consularis was often sent to a province to serve as ______

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pro consul

34
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Minimum age for praetors

A

40

35
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After praetorship, a praetor was often sent to a province as a ______

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propraetor

36
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Minimum age for quaestor

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31

37
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How many quaestors in Rome and other parts of Italy, respectively?

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2, 4

38
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Aediles were NOT included in the _____

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cursus honorum

39
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The Comitia Centuriata met regularly in the ____

A

Campus Martius

40
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A magistrate could not run for a higher office until ____ years had elapsed

A

2

41
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A magistrate had to wait ___ years before running for reelection to the same office

A

10

42
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An ordinary decree of the Senate was called a _________

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senate consultum

43
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When the Senate granted teh consuls dictatorial powers

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senatus consultum ultimum

44
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contio

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A mass meeting called upon by a magistrate to discuss an issue before voting

45
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The Comitia Centuriata and Tributa were organized into

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centuries

46
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When and by what was the Roman cursus honorum formalized?

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by the Lex Villia Annalis in 180 BC

47
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Who and in what year established the age limits?

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Sulla, 81 BC

48
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How many groups in the Comitia Centuriata?

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373

49
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The ________ were considered “sacrosanct”

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tribunes of the plebeians

50
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interrex

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emergency senator appointed for five days when the state was left without councils. If a decision was not made within 5 days, he appointed a second interrex

51
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The comitia Tributa had ____ tribes

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3t

52
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The election procedure for the assemblies was determined by the ____ and ___

A

consuls, Senate

53
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How many possible days not forbidden by religious provision could the election for the assemblies take place?

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190

54
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The election for the assemblies took place in which season?

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summer

55
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A herald would announce the assembly election ______ days before it occurred

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17

56
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Where would the herald usually be located?

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Campus Martius

57
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During elections, each body had to take its place in the voting enclosures called the _______

A

SAEPTA

58
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The Comitia Tributa met in the ______

A

Forum

59
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Caesar increased the number of quaestors from ____ to ______

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20, 40

60
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Each of the 35 tribes determined vote by ballot and placed it in the ________

A

cista

61
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diribitores

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the vote-counters

62
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prensatio & ambitio

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soliciting and going about

63
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ambitus

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bribery

64
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interpres

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made the bargain

65
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sequestris

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held the money

66
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divisor

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the one who delivvered it

67
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nomenclator

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hired himself to the candidate to prompt him to the names of people to be canvassed or met

68
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candidatus

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from the white toga which signified running for office

69
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PETITOR and COMPETITOR

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also candidates

70
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P. FUR. II. V. B. O. V. F.

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I beg that you elect Publius Furius, a good man, duumvir. (Publium Furium Duumvirum, virum bonum, oro vos facite).

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