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Ancient history: Roman Words

Answer the correct word for each definition
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Definition
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the public thing and the root of the word republic
Res publica
Administrative and financial position
Quaestor
loosely translates as greater total command: provides
the holder with total military control over land and sea
Imperium maius
CIvil magistrate - roads, water etc
Aedile
an official, usually a former consul, who acted as
governor or military commander of a province, and
who had powers similar to those of a consul
Proconsular
Master of the Horse; the dictator's lieutenant
Magiter equitum
Commanded the army, presided over the senate and
implemented their decisions.
Consul
Judicial position
Praetor
Definition
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by ultimate decree of the Senate - more properly
Senatus consultum de re publica defendenda (decree of
the Senate about defending the Republic: it means the
final resolution of the Senate: declared onlv in times of
emergency, it effectively gave the consul the right to do
whatever was felt best to preserve the Republic
Senatus consultum ultimum
Assemblv of plebeians only
Concillium plebis
power of the tribune, the holder could veto or forbid
any law or act of which he disapproved: he could
convene both the Senate and the tribal assembly, and
put measures before them: he could also intercede to
protect any plebeian who was being threatened
Tribunica protestas
rule by a single emperor (princeps)
Principate
The ladder of office that an aspiring politician was
expected to climb, with age limits for each and set
periods between the holding of consecutive positions by
one person.
Curus honorum
Advisory body to Rome s magistrates; composed or the
city's most experienced public servants and society's
elites
Senate
Supreme authority, including the right to flog or
execute, held by consuls, praetors and dictators.
Imperium
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