CLST 101 Lecture Notes - Toga, Floralia, 18 Months
22 Jun 2013
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Floralia: in honour of flora (goddess of flowers and blossoming plants, occurred in april 28 to may 3. Caesar: caesar was gaining a lot of power, and had so many gladiators, and was suspected to be a private army. The gladiators were also prone to start riots. Their duty was to run a census: register of people and property (from latin censere to assess) Finished their office when their duty was completed (usually 5 years) lustrum. At the end of the 1st century bce the office was limited to 18 months. They: wore toga praetexta, sat on the sella curulis, held auspicial. They supervised the morals of the community. They reviewed the membership of the senate, as they were suppose to have certain characteristics, such as being ex-magistrates and being wealthy, with proper morality. Censors summoned people to the campus martius in rome to assess people: that was the centre of the government of rome.
