Jan. 20th Lecture

CLA 233 - Jan. 20th Lecture • citizenship categories - full roman citizenship, Latin rights (gives roman property rights), freedmen (originally have latin rights, then roman rights later, but always still have obligations to their former master who is now the freedman's patron), slaves, foreigners (members of tributary, free, or allied cities) • self policing of the ruling class, • changes in the classical period are mainly for economic reasons, • Livy's point of view is very polarized, leaves out shades of grey, • Republican citizenship - Census represents the armed century, census encompasses 'community standing' broadly conceived, census carried out by censors and a small staff in rome, Carried out elsewhere by local magistrates who report back to rome, census registration via oaths of the citizenry, • Roman Magistracy general principles - unpaid, one-year, extension if needed via prorogatio, gap between holding same office again, colleagues, veto by colleagues, veto from above, • exceptions to the general principles - censors every five years, dictator "as needed" (emergency office), dictator has no colleague, dictator cannot face a veto, • hierarchy of offices - (dictator), consul, praetor, aedile, quaestor • offices with imperium (military authority) - dictator, consul, praetor, • comes with senate membership • offices without imperium • Tribunes of the People - • duties of praetors • tension between the consuls and the pleibians or tribunes • Livy - Book II www.notes