Officials and Magistrates

Roman Magistrates
Glossary entry on the Roman magistrates.

Aedile
The aediles were Roman ministers with various duties. the curule aedile came to be responsible for the games.

Argentarii
Argentarii were Roman money changers.

AUC - Ab Urbe Condita
AUC stands for ab urbe condita.

Censors
The 3-fold functions of the censors were 1. to register citizens and their property, 2. superintend new buildings and public works, and 3. preserve the public morality.

Comes
Comes is the Latin term for a type of military position in the Roman Empire.

Comitia Tributa - Plebeian Assembly
The supreme power in the Roman Republic was the assembly which was made up of all the citizens of Rome.

Consuls
A list of the Roman consuls.

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

Curule Aediles
The curule aediles were two minor magistrates originally chosen from the patricians in response to the refusal of the plebian aediles in 365 B.C., to celebrate the ludi Romani for 3 days instead of 4, according to Livy.

Dates for Major Events in Ancient History
A quick list of major events in world history to Odoacer's removal of the last western Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus.

Dictators
Glossary entry on Roman dictators.

Excubitor
Excubitor was a palace guard corps organized by the Emperor Justin.

Magister Militum
The Magister Militum was an appointed military office. See Terms to Know About Alaric and the Sack of Rome for other, similar positions.

Magister Officiorum
The Roman Magister Officiorum was a powerful imperial Roman bureaucrat

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.

Plebeian Tribune
Glossary entry on the Roman Plebeian Tribune.

Praetors
Praetors were Roman officials who were the original replacements for the king.

Prefect
Prefect is the name of a type of Roman official.

Prefectures and Prefects
Praefectures or prefectures were Roman imperial administrative units.

Propraetor
Glossary entry on Propraetor.

Quaestor
Glossary entry on the Roman quaestor.

The Roman Forum
The Roman forum was an open space for merchants and politics in ancient Rome.

Table of the Roman Consuls
Table listing the Roman consuls for each year from 509 B.C. to A.D. 68.

Tribunes
Glossary entry on the Roman tribunes.

Tribunes
Profile of the Roman Tribunes

100 Terms to Know About Ancient Rome
A list of 100 hyperlinked names and topics from Ancient Roman History that should be familiar.

Imperium
List of Roman magistrates with Imperium.