CLST 201 Lecture : Wk06L01.Wk06L01docx
13 Feb 2013
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Sulla"s reforms aimed to transfer power back to the senate, restoring its status to what it was before 133bc: political reforms: tribunes" powers curbed. Lost right to initiate legislation in tribal assembly. No higher office permitted (tribune position became unappealing to the very motivated men, became a dead-end job: judicial: senatorial juries (equestrians disqualified) This is to furnish sufficient judges for the courts. Senate doubled in size from 300 to 600. 300 equestrians enrolled in the senate (as per livius drusus" proposal in 91 bc) Quaestors increased from 10 to 20 (to bring up number of senators) By enlarging the senate, sulla also refurbished his power: magistarial: regulated the cursus honurum, by re-enacting the lex villia annalis (180bc): quaestor (age 30) praetor (age 39) consul (age 42) Sulla really liked the strict progression through the cursus. Once killed a past military junior (lucretius ofella) in the forum because he tried to go for consul despite never being a quaestor.
