Classical Studies 1000 Lecture Notes - Curia Hostilia, Tiber, New Forum

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: Prof

Document Summary

750 44 0 44 750: bc/bce = left side, ad(ado domini)/ce = right side. Regal period: 753-510 bce: ruled by kings. Republic: 510-27 bce: oligarchy, overthrow kings. Imperial period/roman empire: 27 bce 476 ce. All political positions = unpaid: held by upper class. Dictator: appointed only at time of national emergency, replaces consuls, 6-month limit, supreme military authority in imperial period highest ranking man = emperor. The senate: council of elders recruited from ex-magistrates, 300-600 members, most powerful force in republican rome, the senatorial ordo. Small circle of families with high birth and wealth. Have to have 1m hs (sesterces) property requirement. Name for the first man in family to hold consulship/praertorship: the equestrian ordo. Functioned as the bankers, money lenders, tax collectors, and merchants. Some became politicians many richer than senators. Considerable political and legal influence: the plebeians. Referred to as the have-nots of rome in text: not true wide variety of incomes within class.