Govt, Caesar Flashcards

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How many quaestors were there?

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20

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Say all the steps (including optional) of Cursus Honorum (QAPCC)

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Quaestors (Aediles) Praetors Consuls Censors

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How long did a quaestor serve?

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1 year

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The role of the questors

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Financial officers, guardians of Treasury

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How many aediles/types of aediles were there?

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2 curule, and 2 plebeian

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Responsibilities of aediles

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City administration: streets, water, public games, grain-supply

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Length an aedile term

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1 year

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How many praetors were there?

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8

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Role of the praetors

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judges, acted for consuls in their absence

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Length of the praetorship

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1 year

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Length of consulship

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1 year

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How many consuls were there?

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2

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Which offices possessed imperium, or supreme administrative power?

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consul and praetors

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How many censors were there?

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2

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How long was a censor elected for?

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18 months

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Every ___ years, two censors were elected

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5

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What official list of the citizens did the censors control?

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census

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Senate was composed of ____ individuals

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600

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The Senate was chosen by ____

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Consuls

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The Senate was composed of ________

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ex-magistrates

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Senators served for ______

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life

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Senators were ________ to the consuls

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advisors

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The Tribune of the Plebs had _____ individuals

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10

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The subordinate to the dictator was the ________

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magister equitum

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A dictator served for _______ months and was chosen by one of the ________
6, consuls
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The Tribunes of the Plebs had _____ powe
veto
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Name the 3 assemblies of the people
Comitia curiata, Comitia centuriata, Comitia tributa
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Comitia curiata
RELIGIOUS functions, mostly Patricians
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Comitia centuriata
Elected higher magistrates, enacted laws, declared war
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Comitia tributa
Council of the Plebeians, elected Tribunes and Plebeian Aediles
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Minimum age requirement for consul
43
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A consul after the election before taking office was called a _____
consul designatus
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ex-consul
consularis
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After taking his consulship, a consularis was often sent to a province to serve as ______
pro consul
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Minimum age for praetors
40
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After praetorship, a praetor was often sent to a province as a ______
propraetor
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Minimum age for quaestor
31
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How many quaestors in Rome and other parts of Italy, respectively?
2, 4
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Aediles were NOT included in the _____
cursus honorum
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The Comitia Centuriata met regularly in the ____
Campus Martius
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A magistrate could not run for a higher office until ____ years had elapsed
2
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A magistrate had to wait ___ years before running for reelection to the same office
10
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An ordinary decree of the Senate was called a _________
senate consultum
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When the Senate granted teh consuls dictatorial powers
senatus consultum ultimum
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contio
A mass meeting called upon by a magistrate to discuss an issue before voting
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The Comitia Centuriata and Tributa were organized into
centuries
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When and by what was the Roman cursus honorum formalized?
by the Lex Villia Annalis in 180 BC
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Who and in what year established the age limits?
Sulla, 81 BC
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How many groups in the Comitia Centuriata?
373
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The ________ were considered "sacrosanct"
tribunes of the plebeians
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interrex
emergency senator appointed for five days when the state was left without councils. If a decision was not made within 5 days, he appointed a second interrex
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The comitia Tributa had ____ tribes
3t
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The election procedure for the assemblies was determined by the ____ and ___
consuls, Senate
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How many possible days not forbidden by religious provision could the election for the assemblies take place?
190
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The election for the assemblies took place in which season?
summer
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A herald would announce the assembly election ______ days before it occurred
17
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Where would the herald usually be located?
Campus Martius
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During elections, each body had to take its place in the voting enclosures called the _______
SAEPTA
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The Comitia Tributa met in the ______
Forum
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Caesar increased the number of quaestors from ____ to ______
20, 40
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Each of the 35 tribes determined vote by ballot and placed it in the ________
cista
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diribitores
the vote-counters
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prensatio & ambitio
soliciting and going about
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ambitus
bribery
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interpres
made the bargain
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sequestris
held the money
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divisor
the one who delivvered it
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nomenclator
hired himself to the candidate to prompt him to the names of people to be canvassed or met
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candidatus
from the white toga which signified running for office
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PETITOR and COMPETITOR
also candidates
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P. FUR. II. V. B. O. V. F.
I beg that you elect Publius Furius, a good man, duumvir. (Publium Furium Duumvirum, virum bonum, oro vos facite).