What is Commitia?
comitia, plural Comitia, in ancient Republican Rome, a legal assembly of the people. Comitia met on an appropriate site (comitium) and day (comitialis) determined by the auspices (omens). Within each comitia, voting was by group; the majority in each group determined its vote.
What is a group of 6000 soldiers?
A legion was nominally composed of 6,000 soldiers, and each legion was divided up into 10 cohorts, with each cohort containing 6 centuria.
What Roman class was represented in the Senate?
What Roman class was represented in the Senate? The Roman aristocracy (the patricians). What was the name of the large open space in the center of Rome used for meetings of the Senate and the assemblies of the people? Used for meetings of the Senate and the assemblies of the people is called the forum.
When did the Roman republic end?
27 BC
Roman Republic/Dates dissolved
What is a Roman Lictor?
lictor, plural lictors or lictores, member of an ancient Roman class of magisterial attendants, probably Etruscan in origin and dating in Rome from the regal period. In Rome the lictors wore togas; during a consul’s triumph or while outside Rome they wore scarlet coats.
What did Assemblies do?
They functioned as the machinery of the Roman legislative branch, and thus (theoretically at least) passed all legislation. Since the assemblies operated on the basis of a direct democracy, ordinary citizens, and not elected representatives, would cast all ballots.
Does the Roman Senate still exist?
When a fire burned down Julius Caesar’s Senate building in the late 200s AD, the emperor Diocletian had a new Senate house built in the latest architectural style. This is the Senate house that is still standing today. It is still in the same place, in the Roman forum.
How long was the term of a Roman senator?
It consisted of 300–500 senators who served for life.