Political institutions of ancient Rome

Various lists regarding the political institutions of ancient Rome are presented. Each entry in a list is a link to a separate article. Categories included are: constitutions (5), laws (5), and legislatures (7); state offices (28) and office holders (6 lists); political factions (2 + 1 conflict) and social ranks (8). A political glossary (35) of similar construction follows.

Laws

• Roman law
• List of Roman laws
• Twelve Tables
• Digest of Roman law
• Corpus Juris Civilis

Legislatures

• Roman Senate
• Roman assemblies
• Roman Curia
• Comitia curiata
• Comitia centuriata
• Comitia tributa
• Concilium plebis

State offices

• aedile – Office of the Roman Republic
• censor – Roman magistrate and census administrator
• comes – Latin word for companion, Roman court title
• comes palatinus – High-level official attached to imperial or royal courts in Europe since Roman times
• consul – Political office in ancient Rome
• consularis – Ancient Roman title, given to those who had served as consulsPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
• decemviri – 10-man commission in the Roman Republic
• dictator – Extraordinary magistrate of the Roman Republic
• dux – Roman title
• emperor – Ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period
• governor – PositionPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targetsPages displaying short descriptions with no spaces
• imperator – Rank in ancient Rome
• legatus – High-ranking Roman military officer
• legatus Augusti pro praetore – position in the Roman EmpirePages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
• lictor – Bodyguard and attendant to ancient Roman magistrates
• magistrate – Elected official in Ancient RomePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• officium – duties ancient RomePages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
• pontifex maximus – Chief high priest in ancient Rome
• praefectus – Prefect in ancient Rome
• praepositus sacri cubiculi – court position in the Byzantine EmpirePages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
• praeses – title for the governor of a Roman province in the later Roman empirePages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
• praetor – Official of the Roman Republic
• praetor peregrinus – Official of the Roman RepublicPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• primicerius
• princeps senatus – First member by precedence of the Roman Senate
• proconsul – Governor of a province in the Roman republic
• procurator – Administrative title in the Roman EmpirePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• promagistrates – Ancient Roman officePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• quaestor – Public official in ancient Rome
• rector – political function in Rome and in medieval republicsPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
• rex – Chief magistrate of the Roman Kingdom
• senator – Political institution in ancient RomePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• tribune – Elected Roman officials
• triumviri
• vicarius – Latin word meaning substitute or deputy
• vigintisexviri – College of minor magistrates of the Roman Republic

Lists of individual office holders

• List of Roman kings
• List of Roman Consuls
• List of Roman Emperors
• List of principes senatus
• List of Roman censors
• List of Roman governors of Britain

Political factions

• Optimates
• Populares

(also see Conflict of the Orders)

Social ranks

• Nobles
• Patricians
• Equites
• Plebs
• Adsidui
• Proletarians
• Capite censi
• Slaves

Glossary of law and politics

• auctoritas – Roman prestige; contrast with power, imperium
• civitas – Roman concept of citizenry as an entity united by law
• collegia – Any association in ancient Rome that acted as a legal entityPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• consilium
• consortium – Association of two or more individuals and/or organizations to achieve a common goal
• consuetudo – Legal principle
• contractus
• contractus litteris
• curiae – Assembly where issues are discussed and decided.Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• cursus honorum – The sequential order of public offices held by politicians in Ancient Rome
• decreta – Edict or proclamation usually issued by a head of statePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• delectum – Civil wrong
• digest – Roman law digesta
• edicta – Announcement of a law, often associated with monarchismPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• aequitas – Roman legal concept
• fiducia
• gravitas – Ancient Roman virtue
• imperium – Type of authority in ancient Rome
• iudex – Official who presides over court proceedingsPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
• ius – Rights to citizenship virtue in ancient Rome
• lex
• libertas – Roman goddess of liberty
• mos maiorum – Customs and traditions of ancient Rome
• municipium – Ancient Roman term for a town or city
• obligatio – Course of action that someone is required to take, whether legal or moral
• patria
• pietas – Ancient Roman virtue
• potestas – Latin word meaning power or faculty
• responsa – Body of written legal decisions and rulings
• provincia – Major Roman administrative territorial entity outside of Italy
• ratio – Relationship between two numbers of the same kind
• senatus consultum – resolution of the ancient Roman SenatePages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback
• stipulatio
• First Triumvirate – Alliance between Roman politicians Caesar, Pompey and Crassus
• Second Triumvirate – Roman political organisation (43–32 BC)

See also

• Tarpeian Rock – Steep cliff used for executions in ancient Rome

Notes