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History/ Magistrates Flashcards

0
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What assembly elects the dictator?

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Senatus

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Absolute power in an emergency

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Dictator

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2
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How many lictors does a dictator have?

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24

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3
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Takes census of citizenry

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Censor

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4
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What assembly elects the censor?

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Centuriata

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5
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How many lictors does a censor have?

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6
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Magistrates who handled financial matters

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Quaestor

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7
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How old must a quaestor be?

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30 years old

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8
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What assembly elects the quaestor?

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Tributa

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9
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How many lictors does a quaestor have?

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10
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The two chief magistrates

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Consul

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11
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What assembly elects the consul?

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Centuriata

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12
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How many lictors does a consul have?

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12

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13
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Magistrates in charge of sewers, roads, bridges, games, horse races, etc.

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Aedile

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14
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What assembly elects the aedile?

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Tributa ( curule) and Plebis

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15
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How many lictors does an aedile have?

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2

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16
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Magistrates who served as judges

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Praetor

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17
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What assembly elected the praetor?

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Centuriata

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18
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How many lictors does a praetor have?

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6

19
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Officials who protected the common people from oppression by aristocracy

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Tribune

20
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What assembly elects the tribunes?

A

Plebis

21
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How many lictors do tribunes have?

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22
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How long does it take to go through the cursus honorum?

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12 years

23
Q

How many quaestor are there total?

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20

24
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How many aedile a total?

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4 : 2 plebeian aedile and 2 curule aedile

25
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How many tribunes total?

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10

26
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How many praetors total?

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8

27
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How many consuls total?

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2

28
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What is the sequence of offices in roman politics starting with the lowest?

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Quaestor, aedile/ tribune, praetor, consul

29
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What is imperium?

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A type of power shown through lictors

30
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The sequence of offices in roman politics

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Cursus honorum

31
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First confrontation with Hellenistic army ( 2)

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Pyrrhic war

32
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Roman general who used proscription lists to eliminate his opponents ( 9)

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Sulla

33
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Victory gives Romans a continuous supply of troops ( 1)

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The Latin wars

34
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Period of roman history from 245 auc to the time of Augustus

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Republic

35
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Rome gains control of the western Mediterranean ( 4)

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2 nd Punic war

36
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Carthage was destroyed ( 5)

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3rd Punic war

37
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Roman general who professionalized the army ( 7)

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Marius

38
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Period of roman history that begins a urbe condita, 753 bc

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Monarchy

39
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Conflict with the senate introduces violence into roman civic life ( 6)

A

Gracchi

40
Q

Italians win citizenship in defeat ( 8)

A

Social war

41
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Period of roman history that begins in the 727th anno ab urbe condita

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Empire

42
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Rome acquires it’s first province ( 3)

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1st Punic war

43
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List period of Rome from start to end

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Monarchy, republic, empire

44
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What are lictors?

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Guards who carry “fasces”

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