HI346 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Roman Assemblies, Promagistrate, Roman Citizenship
Document Summary
Declared imperator: quote, plutarch, ceasar, 12-13, quote, suetonius, 18. Consul: the highest elected political office in the roman republic, each year, two consuls were elected together, to serve for a one year term. The consuls alternated in holding imperium each month, and a consul"s imperium extended over rome, Italy, and the provinces: the consuls were invested with the executive functions, the consuls were responsible for carrying into effect the decrees of the senate and the laws of the assemblies. Sometimes, in great emergencies, they might even act on their own authority and responsibility. The consuls also served as the chief diplomat of the roman state: the consuls could convene the senate, and presided over its meetings. Each consul served as president of the senate for a month. They could also summon any of the three roman assemblies and presided over them: outside the walls of rome, their powers were far more extensive, they were given full imperium.
