Cursus Honorum - Roman Offices

Cursus Honorum
Cursus Honorum was the hierarchy of Roman offices up to consul.

Quaestors - Roman Magistrates
Quaestor was an important official who acted as accountants in charge of the treasury. Quaestors also acted as police investigators.

Censors of the Roman Republic
The three-fold functions of the censors were to register citizens and their property, superintend new buildings and public works, and preserve the public morality.

Aediles
On the cursus honorum it was not necessary to hold the office of aedile.

Proconsul - Roman Magistrate Known as Proconsul
The Roman rank of proconsul was conferred on former consuls.

Praetor
Glossary entry on the Roman magistrates known as praetors.

Plebeian
The term plebeian is synonymous with lower class, but by the time of Caesar, the patrician Claudius chose to become a plebeian in order to hold an important political office.

Political Office in the Roman Republic
Visual aid to understanding how the different plebian and patrician stages along the cursus honorum equate. Article explains the duties of each office along the ladder of political advancement.

Proconsul
Explanation of the position of proconsul and how it differed from the office of consul in ancient Rome.

The ius imaginis is a Roman custom for nobles relating to masks.

Plebeian Tribune
Glossary entry on the Roman Plebeian Tribune.

Tribunes
Glossary entry on the tribunes.

Tribunes
Profile of the Roman Tribunes.

Tribunes
Profile of the Roman Tribunes.