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Roman offices

A mix of senatorial and military offices and ranks.
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The sequential order of public offices held by aspiring politicians.
cursus honorum
Officials who had charge of public revenue and expenditure.
quaestor
Magistrates responsible for public buildings and originally also for the public games and the supply of corn to the city.
aedile
Judicial officer who had broad authority in cases of equity and was responsible for the public games.
praetor
Each of the two annually elected chief magistrates who jointly ruled the republic.
consul
A chief magistrate with absolute power, appointed in an emergency.
dictator
Either of two magistrates who held censuses and supervised public morals.
censor
The head of the principal college of priests.
pontifex maximus
An official in ancient Rome chosen by the plebeians to protect their interests.
tribune of the plebs
Chief administrator of Roman law throughout one or more province.
governor
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The first member by precedence of the Roman Senate.
princeps senatus
A Roman magistrate appointed as lieutenant to a dictator.
magister equitum
The first in command of a legion.
legate
The second in command of a legion.
broad band tribune
The third in command of the legion.
camp prefect
Often served the role of administrative officers. This was often a first, but optional, step in a young man's political career. There were 5.
narrow band tribune
The commanding centurion of the first century, first cohort and the senior-most centurion of the entire legion.
primus pilus
The legion's standard-bearer and was an enormously important and prestigious position.
aquilifer
He was standard-bearer for the centurial signum, a spear shaft decorated with medallions and topped with an open hand to signify loyalty.
signifer
Carried the standard bearing the image of the Emperor as a constant reminder of the troops' loyalty to him.
imaginifer
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