Senate and Cursus Honorum

Question 1

Cursus Honorum

Answer 1

ladder of political office

Romans designed to ensure consul has experience in every type of government

Question 2

Quaestor

Answer 2

minimum= 30
1 year term
20 elected each year
oversaw treasury and served governors

Question 3

Aedile

Answer 3

minimum=37
4 elected each year
in charge of public entertainment and buildings

Question 4

praetor

Answer 4

minimum=40
8 each year
in charge of law courts
could command army
serve as governor after year

Question 5

dictator

Answer 5

when Rome in crisis
maximum term 6 months
appointed by senate

Question 6

equites

Answer 6

class of wealthy citizens
included tax collectors and ruling class of Italian towns

Question 7

novus homo

Answer 7

first man in family to hold public office

Question 8

nobiles

Answer 8

traditional ruling family of Rome

ancestor as a consul

Question 9

optimates

Answer 9

political party in Rome
supported status quo and established traditions
as it mainly served in their interest

Question 10

populares

Answer 10

political party

passed their decisions through popular assembly rather than senate

Question 11

tribune of the plebs

Answer 11

10 elected each year
looked after interest of plebs
use veto and pass decrees and summon the senate

Question 12

res publica

Answer 12

latin term for Republican set up which replaced monarchy

Question 13

SPQR

Answer 13

the senate and the people of Rome

Question 14

senate

Answer 14

assembly which debated issues of Rome

Question 15

consul

Answer 15

2 each year
elected by citizens
one year
final decision making responsibilities
advised by senate

Question 16

imperium

Answer 16

ultimate power which consul has to command in war and interpret law

Question 17

tribal assembly

Answer 17

gathering of Roman citizens organised by their tribe

Question 18

censor

Answer 18

2 censors elected every 5 years for 18 months
make a census of the population
categorize class of men

Question 19

Patricians

Answer 19

ruling class in Rome
aristocrat or noble men
Landowners
Could trace their lineage to starting families in Rome

Question 20

plebians

Answer 20

lower, working class

Question 21

SCU

Answer 21

power given to consul to comman the army

Question 22

governor

Answer 22

person in charge of running roman province

Question 23

centuriate assembly

Answer 23

193 centuries in Rome
Citizens divided into centuries depending on their wealth
The centuries who were wealthiest had the least amount of members in it
Centuries voted in wealth order
The overall vote of the century counts
Voted on PEACE AND WAR, CONSUL, PRAETOR AND CONSUL

Question 24

Tribal assembly

Answer 24

35 tribes
citizens divided into tribes depending on their family or where they live
Voted on LAW PROPOSALS, QUASTOR AND AEDILE

Question 25

boni

Answer 25

ideal statesmen

well educated, traditional. patriotic and experienced

Question 26

why was patronage so important

Answer 26

there was no state run system of social welfare, so poor ie the clients relied on support from their patrons

Question 27

Impact of patronage on politics

Answer 27

It had inevidatebly determined the course of politics through out the Republic

Question 28

Patronage in the army

Answer 28

The general became the patron while his soldiers were his clients