CLASSICS 2K03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Princeps, Chief Magistrate, Roman Citizenship
9 Dec 2017
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Senate: made up of all of the living men who had previously held up a magistracy (political post) in rome, after your magistracy was done you became a member of the senate, wealth requirement (min. Cursus honorum: the progression of offices that a man held (or aspired to hold, rules governing who could run for which office, minimum ages and set order. Order of offices: military tribune (optional, not required, quaestor first position to get you into the senate, aedile, tribune of the plebs (optional, not required, praetor, consul. Standing for office: rarely campaigned by advocating specific policies, candidates advertised their personal achievements or those of their ancestors, having high office holders in the family was a major boost to one"s chances of winning high office. Novus homo: new men , men who had never had an office holder in their family before, often the subject of scorn by those with more noble lineage, some achieved great success, notably cicero.
