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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.
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Laws
Legislatures
State offices
aedile – Office of the Roman Republic
agentes in rebus – Late Roman Imperial Courier Service
a rationibus
censor – Roman magistrate and census administrator
comes – Latin word for companion, Roman court title
comes palatinus – High-level official attached to imperial or royal courts in Europe since Roman times
consul – Political office in ancient Rome
consularis – Ancient Roman title, given to those who had served as consulsPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
decemviri – 10-man commission in the Roman Republic
dictator – Extraordinary magistrate of the Roman Republic
dux – Roman title
emperor – Ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period
governor – PositionPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Pages displaying short descriptions with no spaces
imperator – Rank in ancient Rome
legatus – High-ranking Roman military officer
legatus Augusti pro praetore – position in the Roman EmpirePages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
lictor – Bodyguard and attendant to ancient Roman magistrates
magistrate – Elected official in ancient RomePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
officium – duties ancient RomePages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
pontifex maximus – Chief high priest in ancient Rome
praefectus – Prefect in ancient Rome
praepositus sacri cubiculi – court position in the Byzantine EmpirePages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
praeses – title for the governor of a Roman province in the later Roman empirePages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
praetor – Magistrate of the Roman Republic
praetor peregrinus – Magistrate of the Roman RepublicPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
primicerius
princeps – Ancient Roman title
princeps senatus – First member by precedence of the Roman Senate
proconsul – Governor of a province in the Roman republic
procurator – Administrative title in the Roman EmpirePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
promagistrates – Ancient Roman officePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
quaestor – Public official in ancient Rome
rationalis – Roman Empire finance minister role
rector – Political function in Rome and in medieval republics
rex – Chief magistrate of the Roman Kingdom
senator – Political institution in ancient RomePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
tribune – Elected Roman officials
triumviri
vicarius – Latin word meaning substitute or deputy
vigintisexviri – College of minor magistrates of the Roman Republic
Lists of individual office holders
Political factions
(also see
Conflict of the Orders
[3] )
Social ranks
Glossary of law and politics
aerarium – Public treasury in ancient Rome
aequitas – Roman legal concept
auctoritas – Roman prestige; contrast with power, imperium
civitas – Roman concept of citizenry as an entity united by law
collegia – Any association in ancient Rome that acted as a legal entityPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
consilium
consortium – Association of two or more individuals and/or organizations to achieve a common goal
consuetudo – Legal principle
contractus
contractus litteris
curiae – Assembly where issues are discussed and decided.Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
cursus honorum – The sequential order of public offices held by politicians in Ancient Rome
decreta – Edict or proclamation usually issued by a head of statePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
delectum – Civil wrong
digest – Roman law digesta
edicta – Announcement of a law, often associated with monarchismPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
fiscus – Roman treasury and derived conceptsPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
fiducia
gravitas – Ancient Roman virtue
imperium – Type of authority in ancient Rome
iudex – Official who presides over court proceedingsPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
ius – Rights to citizenship virtue in ancient Rome
lex
libertas – Roman goddess of liberty
mos maiorum – Customs and traditions of ancient Rome
municipium – Ancient Roman term for a town or city
obligatio – Course of action that someone is required to take, whether legal or moral
patria
pietas – Ancient Roman virtue
potestas – 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 – Resolution of the ancient Roman Senate
stipulatio
First Triumvirate – Alliance between Roman politicians Caesar, Pompey and Crassus
Second Triumvirate – Roman political organisation (43–32 BC)
See also
Notes