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| subordinates of he Tribunes: cared for the temples (aedes) streets, sewers, cura urbis and also prosecuted crimes |
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| Magistrates with considerable auctoritas, but no lictors or imperium - ELected in a pair every 5 years, originally both patricians. Could judge both by wealth and by conduct so a man could be stricken from the roles of citizens for private conduct. COntrolled initial admission to the Senate |
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| the assemblies that were the (theoretically) sovereign elective and legislative body |
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| Groups of plebians who elected tribunes |
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| "harmony between the classes" the Roman tradition of avoiding excess in government |
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| Annually elected magistrates, 2 chief executives with kingly power; 12 lictors each |
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| A college of 10 patricians, with consular powers, to codify the laws into the Twelve Tables |
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| Extraordinary supreme magistracy at Rome |
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| Symbol of imperium carried by lictors. Consists of an axe surrounded by a bundle of rods |
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| The power of life or death - the supreme authority of the community in its dealings with the individuals, and the magistrate in whom imperium is vested represents the community in all its dealings. The power to give orders and to exact obediance |
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| Veto power of Tribunes against any act performed by a magistrate tor another tribune against elections, laws, senatus consulta. Only the dictator was exempt from the veto |
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| Bodyguards with the fasces who embody the imperium of the magistrate: each consul has 12 |
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| Master of the Horse. Assistant to the Dictator |
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| Sacred boundary of the city of Rome |
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| Original title of the consuls; single praetor was in charge in the absence of hte consuls, president of the senate, in charge of the legal system; had 6 lictors |
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| Right of appeal to the body of citizens |
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| Financial and legal offcials who prosecuted capital cases, controlled the food suppu, oversaw the navy, and water-supply |
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| Technically advisory body comprised of Patrician males |
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| Term for senatorial action |
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| Plebian officials with broad powers to protect plebians from Patrician tyranny |
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