History/ Magistrates Flashcards
(45 cards)
What assembly elects the dictator?
Senatus
Absolute power in an emergency
Dictator
How many lictors does a dictator have?
24
Takes census of citizenry
Censor
What assembly elects the censor?
Centuriata
How many lictors does a censor have?
0
Magistrates who handled financial matters
Quaestor
How old must a quaestor be?
30 years old
What assembly elects the quaestor?
Tributa
How many lictors does a quaestor have?
0
The two chief magistrates
Consul
What assembly elects the consul?
Centuriata
How many lictors does a consul have?
12
Magistrates in charge of sewers, roads, bridges, games, horse races, etc.
Aedile
What assembly elects the aedile?
Tributa ( curule) and Plebis
How many lictors does an aedile have?
2
Magistrates who served as judges
Praetor
What assembly elected the praetor?
Centuriata
How many lictors does a praetor have?
6
Officials who protected the common people from oppression by aristocracy
Tribune
What assembly elects the tribunes?
Plebis
How many lictors do tribunes have?
0
How long does it take to go through the cursus honorum?
12 years
How many quaestor are there total?
20