Roman Civilization W&m Political Structure

Front 1

quaestor

Back 1

lowest rung on ladder
- age 31
- financial officer
- elected by comitia populi tributa
- senate after 1 term

Front 2

aedile

Back 2

- age 36
- public building officer
- street, traffic
- water supply
- exact fines
- public games
- archives

Front 3

tribune of the plebs

Back 3

- defends properties and lives of plebians
- 10 elected annually
- can only elected once
- elected by the concilium plebis
- veto laws, senate, senatus consultum

Front 4

praetor

Back 4

- imperium
- 8 elected annually
- 6 lictores
- elected by comitia centuriata
- defense of Rome
- govern province after 1 term

Front 5

consul

Back 5

- imperium
- two elected annually
- elected by comitia centuriata
- 12 lictores
- lead armies
- foreign policy
- govern province after one term
- eponymous year

Front 6

Senate Duties

Back 6

- advise magistrates
- invalidate laws
- advise
- criticize
- curule chair

Front 7

Senate Meetings

Back 7

- summoned by imperium or tribunes
- meet in consecrated place

Front 8

Senate Info

Back 8

- open to ex-quaestors and above
- no freedmen/sons
- life term
- censor can kick you out
- special red shoes
- latus clavus

Front 9

latus clavus

Back 9

purple band worn by senators

Front 10

imperium

Back 10

- prerogative
- command army
- auspices
- free from lawsuits
- life & death
- lictores

Front 11

lictores

Back 11

attendants who proceed in single files lines from undistinguished families to announce person
- carry fasces
- toga in Rome
- red outside of Rome

Front 12

fasces

Back 12

symbol of magistration authority