CLAS 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Spqr, Chief Financial Officer, Imperium
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Much of this information is taken from allison maingon"s discussion of the roman constitution in pp. 6-9 of the roman history. pdf for clas 111, available on the clas 111 course tools pages. This tripartite structure was found in the monarchy as well, except that king took the place of magistrates. Senate and the roman people: spqr: senatus populusque romanus. Magistrates officials who serve the state; elected by the people, for the most part invested with rights and duties by the authority of the senate and the roman people (spqr) Number changed through history: originally 100 senators, later 300; 600 under sulla, 900 under. Made up of former high magistrates general supervision of public welfare foreign relations state religion levied troops regulated taxation and state expenditure. In charge of justice system (courts) became governors of provinces after their year as praetor.