Govt, Caesar Flashcards
How many quaestors were there?
20
Say all the steps (including optional) of Cursus Honorum (QAPCC)
Quaestors (Aediles) Praetors Consuls Censors
How long did a quaestor serve?
1 year
The role of the questors
Financial officers, guardians of Treasury
How many aediles/types of aediles were there?
2 curule, and 2 plebeian
Responsibilities of aediles
City administration: streets, water, public games, grain-supply
Length an aedile term
1 year
How many praetors were there?
8
Role of the praetors
judges, acted for consuls in their absence
Length of the praetorship
1 year
Length of consulship
1 year
How many consuls were there?
2
Which offices possessed imperium, or supreme administrative power?
consul and praetors
How many censors were there?
2
How long was a censor elected for?
18 months
Every ___ years, two censors were elected
5
What official list of the citizens did the censors control?
census
Senate was composed of ____ individuals
600
The Senate was chosen by ____
Consuls
The Senate was composed of ________
ex-magistrates
Senators served for ______
life
Senators were ________ to the consuls
advisors
The Tribune of the Plebs had _____ individuals
10
The subordinate to the dictator was the ________
magister equitum
A dictator served for _______ months and was chosen by one of the ________
6, consuls
The Tribunes of the Plebs had _____ powe
veto
Name the 3 assemblies of the people
Comitia curiata, Comitia centuriata, Comitia tributa
Comitia curiata
RELIGIOUS functions, mostly Patricians
Comitia centuriata
Elected higher magistrates, enacted laws, declared war
Comitia tributa
Council of the Plebeians, elected Tribunes and Plebeian Aediles
Minimum age requirement for consul
43
A consul after the election before taking office was called a _____
consul designatus
ex-consul
consularis
After taking his consulship, a consularis was often sent to a province to serve as ______
pro consul
Minimum age for praetors
40
After praetorship, a praetor was often sent to a province as a ______
propraetor
Minimum age for quaestor
31
How many quaestors in Rome and other parts of Italy, respectively?
2, 4
Aediles were NOT included in the _____
cursus honorum
The Comitia Centuriata met regularly in the ____
Campus Martius
A magistrate could not run for a higher office until ____ years had elapsed
2
A magistrate had to wait ___ years before running for reelection to the same office
10
An ordinary decree of the Senate was called a _________
senate consultum
When the Senate granted teh consuls dictatorial powers
senatus consultum ultimum
contio
A mass meeting called upon by a magistrate to discuss an issue before voting
The Comitia Centuriata and Tributa were organized into
centuries
When and by what was the Roman cursus honorum formalized?
by the Lex Villia Annalis in 180 BC
Who and in what year established the age limits?
Sulla, 81 BC
How many groups in the Comitia Centuriata?
373
The ________ were considered “sacrosanct”
tribunes of the plebeians
interrex
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
The comitia Tributa had ____ tribes
3t
The election procedure for the assemblies was determined by the ____ and ___
consuls, Senate
How many possible days not forbidden by religious provision could the election for the assemblies take place?
190
The election for the assemblies took place in which season?
summer
A herald would announce the assembly election ______ days before it occurred
17
Where would the herald usually be located?
Campus Martius
During elections, each body had to take its place in the voting enclosures called the _______
SAEPTA
The Comitia Tributa met in the ______
Forum
Caesar increased the number of quaestors from ____ to ______
20, 40
Each of the 35 tribes determined vote by ballot and placed it in the ________
cista
diribitores
the vote-counters
prensatio & ambitio
soliciting and going about
ambitus
bribery
interpres
made the bargain
sequestris
held the money
divisor
the one who delivvered it
nomenclator
hired himself to the candidate to prompt him to the names of people to be canvassed or met
candidatus
from the white toga which signified running for office
PETITOR and COMPETITOR
also candidates
P. FUR. II. V. B. O. V. F.
I beg that you elect Publius Furius, a good man, duumvir. (Publium Furium Duumvirum, virum bonum, oro vos facite).
