Political institutions of ancient Rome

Various lists regarding thepolitical institutions of ancient Romeare presented.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.

Laws

• Roman law
• List of Roman laws
• Twelve Tables
• Digestof Roman law
• Corpus Juris Civilis

Legislatures

• Roman Senate
• Roman assemblies
• Roman Curia
• Comitia curiata
• Comitia centuriata
• Comitia tributa
• Concilium plebis

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 targetsPages displaying short descriptions with no spaces
• imperator– Rank in ancient Rome
• legatus– High-ranking Roman military officerPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• 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– Latin word with various meaningsPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• 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– profession and public officePages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
• 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

• 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

• Optimates
• Populares

(also seeConflict of the Orders)

Social ranks

• Nobles
• Patricians
• Equites
• Plebs
• Adsidui
• Proletarians
• Capite censi
• Slaves

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 decidedPages 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
• munera– Public works and entertainment paid for by aristocrats 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

• Tarpeian Rock– Steep cliff used for executions in ancient Rome