Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Aedile, Quaestor, Imperium

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: David Lamari

Document Summary

Civil rights, could veto moves mad by the. Census, audit (look at the aristocrats" morales) picked from retired consuls. National emergencies (matrial law) picked from retired consuls. Dictators were given complete power in order to resolve a crisis that was too severe to solve otherwise. Cursus honorum: the path of honours was annual and collegial (reelected once a year, every official had colleagues). One needed to climb up the ladder of the constitution. Needed to have been a quaestor in or to be an aedile, an aedile to be a praetor etc The only people allowed to enter the city of rome armed were the consuls" bodyguards (6 bodyguards each). When a soldier entered the city they needed to lay down arms. No government official was paid and could not own a business. When you joined the senate you were typically a senator for life. Emperors would choose the senate when emperors were in power.