CLST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Gaius Claudius Nero, Toga, Floralia

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 101
• Professor: Christina Zaccagnino

Document Summary

Caesar"s aedileship, took credit for all of this (caesar) Censors: first appointed in 443 bce, generally had already reached the consulship. There were 2, main duty was census: register of people and property (censere: to assess) Finished their office when their duty was completed (about 5 years) -- lustrum. sacrifice was the sign that their work had been completed. At the end of 1st century bce, the office was limited to 18 months. They wore toga praetexta, sat on sella curulis: the same chair as the consuls, held auspicia. If they noticed that someone behaved in an inappropriate way morally, they could write a kiind of report so these citizens were deprived the right to vote, for example. Understand that in some periods, could be a weapon the fact to supervise the morals of people, especially against a political adversary.