CLAS 1P92 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mos Maiorum, Plebeian Council, Res Publica
16 Feb 2016
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Key concepts: mos maiorum ( ways of the ancestors , res publica ( public matter , shared power of s. p. q. r. Spqr: how did it work: roman = citizen (civis romani sum, citizen hierarchy elected magistrates, place in society governed by status (birth) & class (wealth) Structure 1: government: res publica: citizens vote magistrates to office, weighted vote: impact of vote depends on type of voting assembly, competing interest groups, no secret ballot until 139 bc. 4 voting assemblies two most important: century (army) council, organised by wealth, plebeian assembly, organised by status. Centuries: the roman class system classes by wealth: 1a senators: equites (knights, 5 grades, capiticensi (head count) - skilled trades, proletarii unskilled labor, voted in century (army, council all senators were very rich. Social mobility: census: 2 censors = high moral character, conducted census of classes, regulated senate membership: immoral behaviour, inadequate wealth, administered govt census scene from altar of contracts, domitius ahenobarbus.
