CLASSICS 2K03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Pietas, Roman Type, Annual Plant
20 Jul 2016
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Senatus populusque romanus = the senate and the roman people. Even in rome today, spqr is often stamped on public infrastructure. On the final exam, you would only be expected to remember what the phrase means in english. For most of its history it had no law-making powers. Investigating major crimes, and certain types of trials were held in front of the senate (i. e. treason) Receiving and sending embassies (and foreign relations in general) The progression of offices that a man held (or aspired to hold) Rules governing who could run for which office. Each person had to go through a specific order of positions to get to a particular position in office. These requirements were put in place to stop a man from moving up too quickly. Deep rooted fear of one man gathering too much power. Tribune of the plebs * - one must be a plebeian, many people in office were ineligible to hold the position.
