Administers public works and activities such as markets, royal games, etc. Elected by the tribal assembly for one year.
Equites
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Administers public works and activities such as markets, royal games, etc. Elected by the tribal assembly for one year.
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Equites
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Knights of Rome: first they were landowners and warriors, then business/commercial magnates.
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Equites
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Ruling elite class in the Roman Republic. Aristocrats usually collecting taxes, operating banks, import/export, etc.
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Plebeians
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Highest plebeian office of the Roman Republic. Important check on the power of the Senate and the consuls.
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Patricians
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Supreme judge. In charge of law and justice. Elected by the centuriate assembly for one year.
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Quaestor
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Senatus Populusque Romanus or Senate and Roman people. It appears on Roman currency, on official documents and on monuments and public works. It showed that, although not fully democratic in the modern definition of the word, the Romans allowed at least some portion of the Roman citizenry to be heard to tell the people that they were important to the government.
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In charge of finances and administration. Elected by the tribal assembly for one year.
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High ranking official charged with conducting the census to determine each citizen's tax liability and eligibility for military service, voting, and membership in the Senate. There were usually two of them so that they could veto each other. Elected by the centuriate assembly for 5 years.
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Working class: farmers, plumbers, teachers, etc. Could be very wealthy but not nobility.
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Head of the army and highest political position. Manages affairs of the government. There were always two consuls so that they could veto each other. Elected by the centuriate assembly for one year.
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Un-elected assembly of the patrician class in the Roman Republic.
Slaves who bought their freedom or whose owners had set them free. Granted citizenship.
One of the voting assemblies of the Roman Republic. An assembly of all Roman citizens divided by tribe (mainly geographically). They would elect the aediles, quaestors and the tribune.
One of the voting assemblies of the Roman Republic. Originally based on military service, they were classified according to their equipment (since each soldier had to buy their own equipment, it showed their wealth). They elected the most prestigious functions: the censors, the consuls and the praetors.
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Freedmen
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Centuriate Assembly
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The Senate
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Tribal Assembly
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Knights of Rome: first they were landowners and warriors, then business/commercial magnates.
Equites
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Ruling elite class in the Roman Republic. Aristocrats usually collecting taxes, operating banks, import/export, etc.
Plebeians
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Highest plebeian office of the Roman Republic. Important check on the power of the Senate and the consuls.
Patricians
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Supreme judge. In charge of law and justice. Elected by the centuriate assembly for one year.
Quaestor
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Senatus Populusque Romanus or Senate and Roman people. It appears on Roman currency, on official documents and on monuments and public works. It showed that, although not fully democratic in the modern definition of the word, the Romans allowed at least some portion of the Roman citizenry to be heard to tell the people that they were important to the government.
SPQR
CONSUL
PUNIC
RIP
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In charge of finances and administration. Elected by the tribal assembly for one year.
Quaestor
Consul
Aedile
Praetor
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High ranking official charged with conducting the census to determine each citizen's tax liability and eligibility for military service, voting, and membership in the Senate. There were usually two of them so that they could veto each other. Elected by the centuriate assembly for 5 years.
Quaestor
Consul
Censor
Praetor
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Working class: farmers, plumbers, teachers, etc. Could be very wealthy but not nobility.
Equites
Plebeians
Consul
Patricians
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Head of the army and highest political position. Manages affairs of the government. There were always two consuls so that they could veto each other. Elected by the centuriate assembly for one year.
Censor
Aedile
Praetor
Consul
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Un-elected assembly of the patrician class in the Roman Republic.
Slaves who bought their freedom or whose owners had set them free. Granted citizenship.
One of the voting assemblies of the Roman Republic. An assembly of all Roman citizens divided by tribe (mainly geographically). They would elect the aediles, quaestors and the tribune.
One of the voting assemblies of the Roman Republic. Originally based on military service, they were classified according to their equipment (since each soldier had to buy their own equipment, it showed their wealth). They elected the most prestigious functions: the censors, the consuls and the praetors.
Freedmen
Centuriate Assembly
The Senate
Tribal Assembly
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