Magistrates Flashcards
1
Q
Praetors number
Time in office
Age
A
6
1 year but sometimes 2/3
39 years
2
Q
Quaestors
Age
A
8
30 years
3
Q
Aediles number
minimum age
A
4
36
Not compulsory
4
Q
Tribunes
A
10
5
Q
Censors numbers
A
Two for 18months in 5 years
6
Q
Dictator numbers
A
Crisis only
6 months
7
Q
Consul
A
Commanded army Conducted main elections Presided over senate Implemented senate decisions Held imperium (12 lictors)
8
Q
Praetor
A
Supreme civil judges Could summon assembly Could introduce legislation Sometimes commanded army Held imperium (6 lictors)
9
Q
Aediles
A
Controlled traffic Street repair Water supply Public buildings Weights and measures Festivals
10
Q
Quaestors
A
Finance and administration in Rome
Rinancial assistants to governors in provinces
11
Q
Tribunes
A
Protection of plebeians
Right of veto against election of Magistrates
Summoned plebeian assembly
Gained resolutions from it
12
Q
Censors
A
Took census Controlled public morality Could expel senators for immorality Prepared list of members of senate Supervised government contracts
13
Q
Dictator
A
Superseded all other magistrates in military or domestic emergency Held imperium (24 lictors)
14
Q
Imperium
A
Supreme authority Command in war Interpretation and execution of law Could inflict the death penalty Accompanied by lictors
15
Q
Pro magistrates
A
After offices
Proconsuls propreators
Used as governors of provinces
Could continue to command the army
