res publica Flashcards
1
Q
novus
A
someone who didn’t come from a family of aristocratic officeholders
2
Q
cursus honorum
A
sequence of public offices a successful politician might ascend
3
Q
consuls
A
chief magistrates (two elected per year)
4
Q
attendants of consuls
A
lictors
5
Q
praetor
A
judge
6
Q
quaestor
A
treasurer
7
Q
aediles
A
game and public service administrator
8
Q
censor
A
two elected every 5 years
9
Q
dictator
A
called in times of severe emergency for 6 months
10
Q
consul suffectus
A
filled in if both consuls were killed or resigned
