CLST 101 Lecture Notes - Legatus, Yasser Arafat, Praetor

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 101
• Professor: Christina Zaccagnino

Document Summary

264 bce only have control of penisulla. Cartiginian empire: south part of spain, corsica and sardinia, part of sicily, north africa. After 1st punic war rome has control of oversea territories. 241bce 1st oversea province-sicily: administration give to the senate, senate was also given charge of all subsequent provinces. To be a province meant they had to pay tribute to rome allies did not pay. Provincia: territorial possession, sphere of military activity, governors (proconsuls/propraetors) Governors had generally already held the office of consul of praetor: especially in provinces where there was strong need for military. The senate decided the governors from its own ranks. Quaestors elected each year dealt with financial dealings. Scribes, attendants and lictors all went with the governor to the province. The main duties of a governor were: to promote roman interests, maintain order and peace. Protect it against foreign enemies and domestic agitators. To serve as judge in legal disputes.