Agenda
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Hand in Ch. 10 Lines 1-9 (your HW)
Cursus Honorum notes
Review imperative and formation of verbs—
make flashcards
Check “All About Verbs Sheet”
Avalanche, time permitting
HW: Finish Ch. 10
Cursus Honorum
Latin I
October 20, 2007
What is the cursus honorum?
 Ladder
of political advancement
during the Roman Republic
 Begins with quaestor and culminates,
or ends, with the consul
 Republic: 509 BC-44BC (assassination
of Julius Caesar) or 31 BC (Augustus
Caesar proclaimed dictator for life by
Senate)
Curule offices: wore
toga praetexta: toga with
a purple boder.
Quaestor: lowest and first
office.
Treasurer. Eligible to be a
Senator.
Curile aedile: Second
office.
In charge of public
games, e.g. gladiators.
Paid for games
themselves.
Praetor: third office.
Judges.
•Consul:
•Chief magistrate or official
•Presided over the Senate
•Served as generals on
military campaigns
IMPERIUM:
•the highest political
authority
•the right to command an
army
•interpret and carry out the
law
•and to pass sentences of
death
DICTATOR:
“Special office”
Supposed to serve in times
of military emergency.
CENSOR:
Kept role of senators and
magistrates/officers
Conducted census and
assessed taxes
Tribune of the Plebs
To protect plebeians (lower
class) from patrician
officials
Could veto the acts of the
other magistrates
Sacrosanct: attack
them=you die
(immediately)
Major External Conflict During
Republic: Punic Wars
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Begin in 264 BC-146 BC
Rome vs. Carthage
Rome vs. Carthage: Total War
Actually a series of three wars
(First Punic, Second Punic,
and Third Punic)
Most famous Carthaginian
general: Hannibal
Most famous Roman: Scipio
Aficanus