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Comitia curiata
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-Organized by kinship/geographic location
-bestowed imperium on officers -ended up being a rubber stamp assembly(electoral college) |
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Comitia centuriata
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-based on military organization
-elected most significant officers -served as court of appeals |
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Comitia tributa
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-organized geographically
-later used for a lot of legislation -appointed quaesters |
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Concillium plebis
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-council of the plebians only
-leaders were tribunes -gained force of law with lex Hortensia |
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Consuls
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-chief officers of res publica
-2 of them: balance of power: 1 year limited; veto power -responsible for maintaining pax deorum for the state |
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Dictator
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appointed by consuls and senate in the state of an emergency
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Censors
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-compiled the census
-organized men into tribes and centuries -very much respected b/c of this |
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Praetors
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-could command an army
-act as a judge -2 praetors: 1 foreign, 1 citizen |
"Pray" to them b/c they deliver justice
-they PREY on others w/army |
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Aediles
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-assist the tribunes
-odd jobs: sometimes acted as a police force -jobs linked to provide for material well being of the people |
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Quaester
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-at first assisted kings, then consuls
-handled treasury and taxes |
K-sters...King, Konsuls
kings had a lot of money so quaesters had to? |
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Tribuni plebis
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Powers:
1.intercessio: ability to veto acts of assemblies, magistrates, and the senate 2.sancrosanctitas: person was holy 3.ius auxilii: right to assist distressed plebeian 4.ius agendi cumple be: can call plebeians to assembly |
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curia (curiae)
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-community of huts/neighbors
-made up comitia curiata -basic unit of Roman structure |
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curiones
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-leader of the local group of curiae
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Contio
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meeting, not a formal assembly
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Decemvirate
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-10 men
-met to codify and publish laws -12 Tables: very strict and liberal use of capital punishment; evidence of legal classes (anti-plebeian) |
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Rex and interrex
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-King: first to rule Rome (7 rexes)
-Interim king: king in between kingships so an election could be held |
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Senate: patres and conscripti
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-an advisory and consultative body
-patres: heads of old Latin fams, clans, and their descendants -conscripti: men added by Tarquins and maybe descendants of them: includes Etruscans, Sabines, and non-noble Latins |
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res publica
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-"public thing"
-law is supreme overall citizens -based on law and not the king's will |
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tribuni militum
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tribunes of the infantry
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