Political institutions of ancient Rome - Wikipedia Political institutions of ancient Rome From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Ancient Rome This article is part of a series on the politics and government of ancient Rome Periods Roman Kingdom 753–509 BC Roman Republic 509–27 BC Roman Empire 27 BC – AD 395 Principate 27 BC – AD 284 Dominate AD 284–641 Western AD 395–476 Eastern AD 395–1453 Timeline Roman Constitution Constitution of the Kingdom Constitution of the Republic Constitution of the Empire Constitution of the Late Empire Senate Legislative assemblies Executive magistrates Precedent and law Roman law Ius Imperium Mos maiorum Collegiality Auctoritas Roman citizenship Cursus honorum Senatus consultum Senatus consultum ultimum Assemblies Centuriate Curiate Plebeian Tribal Ordinary magistrates Consul Praetor Quaestor Promagistrate Aedile Tribune Censor Governor Extraordinary magistrates Corrector Dictator Magister equitum Consular tribune Rex Triumviri Decemviri Titles and honours Emperor Legatus Dux Officium Praeses Praefectus Vicarius Vigintisexviri Lictor Magister militum Imperator Princeps senatus Pontifex maximus Augustus Caesar Tetrarch Other countries v t e Various lists regarding the political institutions of ancient Rome are presented.[1] Each entry in a list is a link to a separate article. Categories included are: constitutions (5), laws (5), and legislatures (7); state offices (28) and office holders (6 lists); political factions (2 + 1 conflict) and social ranks (8). A political glossary (35) of similar construction follows.[2] Contents 1 Laws 2 Legislatures 3 State offices 4 Lists of individual office holders 5 Political factions 6 Social ranks 7 Glossary of law and politics 8 Miscellaneous 9 Notes Laws[edit] Roman law List of Roman laws Twelve Tables Digest of Roman law Corpus Juris Civilis Legislatures[edit] Roman senate Roman assemblies Roman Curia Comitia curiata Comitia centuriata Comitia tributa Concilium plebis State offices[edit] aedile – Office of the Roman Republic censor – Roman magistrate responsible for the census and monitoring public morality comes palatinus consul – Political office in ancient Rome decemviri – A 10-man commission in the Roman Republic dictator – Extraordinary magistrate of the Roman Republic dux – Roman title emperor – Ruler of the Roman Empire in imperial period governor imperator – Rank in ancient Rome legatus lictor magistrate officium pontifex maximus – Chief high priest in ancient Rome praefectus praetor – Official of the Roman Republic praetor peregrinus princeps senatus procurator promagistrates quaestor rex senator tribune – Elected Roman officials triumviri vicarius vigintisexviri – College of minor magistrates of the Roman Republic Lists of individual office holders[edit] List of Roman kings List of Roman Consuls List of Roman Emperors List of principes senatus List of Roman censors List of Roman governors of Britain Political factions[edit] Optimates Populares (also see Conflict of the Orders[3]) Social ranks[edit] Nobles Patricians Equites Plebs Adsidui Proletarians Capite censi Slaves Glossary of law and politics[edit] auctoritas civitas collegia consilium consortium consuetudo contractus contractus litteris curiae cursus honorum – The sequential order of public offices held by politicians in Ancient Rome decreta delectum digesta edicta aequitas fiducia gravitas – An Ancient Roman virtue imperium iudex ius lex libertas mos maiorum – The customs and traditions of ancient Rome municipium obligatio – Course of action that someone is required to take, whether legal or moral patria pietas – An Ancient Roman virtue potestas – A Latin word meaning power or faculty responsa – Body of written legal decisions and rulings provincia – Major Roman administrative territorial entity outside of Italy ratio – Relationship between two numbers of the same kind senatus consultum stipulatio First Triumvirate – Political alliance between Caesar, Crassus and Pompey during the late Roman Republic Second Triumvirate – Ancient Roman political alliance Miscellaneous[edit] Tarpeian Rock Notes[edit] ^ Cf., History of Rome (disambiguation). ^ A. Berger, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Roman Law (Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society 1953). ^ Patricians versus Plebs. v t e Ancient Rome topics Outline Timeline History Foundation Kingdom overthrow Republic Empire History Pax Romana Principate Dominate Western Empire fall historiography of the fall Byzantine Empire decline fall Constitution History Kingdom Republic Empire Late Empire Senate Legislative assemblies Curiate Centuriate Tribal Plebeian Executive magistrates SPQR Law Twelve Tables Mos maiorum Citizenship Auctoritas Imperium Status Litigation Government Curia Forum Cursus honorum Collegiality Emperor Legatus Dux Officium Prefect Vicarius Vigintisexviri Lictor Magister militum Imperator Princeps senatus Pontifex Maximus Augustus Caesar Tetrarch Optimates Populares Province Magistrates Ordinary Consul Censor Praetor Tribune Tribune of the Plebs Military tribune Quaestor Aedile Promagistrate Governor Extraordinary Rex Interrex Dictator Magister Equitum Decemviri Consular Tribune Triumvir Military History Borders Establishment Structure Campaigns Political control Strategy Engineering Frontiers and fortifications castra Technology Army Legion Infantry tactics Personal equipment Siege engines Navy Auxiliaries Decorations and punishments Hippika gymnasia Economy Agriculture Deforestation Commerce Finance Currency Republican currency Imperial currency Culture Architecture Art Bathing Calendar Clothing Cosmetics Cuisine Hairstyles Education Literature Music Mythology Religion Deities Romanization Roman people Sexuality Theatre Wine Society Patricians Plebs Conflict of the Orders Secessio plebis Equites Gens Tribes Assembly Naming conventions Demography Women Marriage Adoption Slavery Bagaudae Technology Amphitheatres Aqueducts Bridges Circuses Civil engineering Concrete Domes Metallurgy Numerals Roads Temples Theatres Sanitation Thermae Latin History Alphabet Versions Old Classical Vulgar Late Medieval Renaissance New Contemporary Ecclesiastical Romance languages Writers Latin Aelius Donatus Ammianus Marcellinus Appuleius Asconius Pedianus Augustine Aurelius Victor Ausonius Boëthius Caesar Catullus Cassiodorus Censorinus Cicero Claudian Columella Cornelius Nepos Ennius Eutropius Fabius Pictor Sextus Pompeius Festus Rufus Festus Florus Frontinus Fronto Fulgentius Gellius Horace Hydatius Hyginus Jerome Jordanes Julius Paulus Justin Juvenal Lactantius Livy Lucan Lucretius Macrobius Marcellus Empiricus Marcus Aurelius Manilius Martial Nicolaus Damascenus Nonius Marcellus Obsequens Orosius Ovid Petronius Phaedrus Plautus Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger Pomponius Mela Priscian Propertius Quadrigarius Quintilian Quintus Curtius Rufus Sallust Seneca the Elder Seneca the Younger Servius Sidonius Apollinaris Silius Italicus Statius Suetonius Symmachus Tacitus Terence Tertullian Tibullus Valerius Antias Valerius Maximus Varro Velleius Paterculus Verrius Flaccus Vergil Vitruvius Greek Aelian Aëtius of Amida Appian Arrian Cassius Dio Diodorus Siculus Diogenes Laërtius Dionysius of Halicarnassus Dioscorides Eusebius of Caesaria Galen Herodian Josephus Julian Libanius Lucian Pausanias Philostratus Phlegon of Tralles Photius Plutarch Polyaenus Polybius Porphyrius Priscus Procopius Simplicius of Cilicia Sozomen Stephanus Byzantinus Strabo Themistius Theodoret Zonaras Zosimus Major cities Alexandria Antioch Aquileia Berytus Bononia Carthage Constantinopolis Eboracum Leptis Magna Londinium Lugdunum Lutetia Mediolanum Pompeii Ravenna Roma Smyrna Vindobona Volubilis Lists and other topics Cities and towns Climate Consuls Dictators Distinguished women Dynasties Emperors Generals Gentes Geographers Institutions Laws Legacy Legions Magistri equitum Nomina Pontifices Maximi Praetors Quaestors Tribunes Roman–Iranian relations Wars and battles Civil wars and revolts Fiction Films Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Political_institutions_of_ancient_Rome&oldid=989555758" Categories: Ancient Roman government Roman law Ancient Rome-related lists Political systems Tetrarchy Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version Languages Català Français עברית Latina Português Română Suomi 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 19 November 2020, at 17:48 (UTC). 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