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In the early Republic, the electorate would have been small, but as Rome grew it expanded. The Lex Julia of 90 BC extending voting rights to citizens across Italy greatly expanded the franchise. By the final Republican census of 70 BC, there were 910,000 possible electors. [39] One unknown is how the Romans kept track of who was eligible to vote.
[11] [12] During a vote, the Centuries voted, one at a time, by order of seniority. The president of the Centuriate Assembly was usually a Roman Consul (the chief magistrate of the republic). [13] Only the Centuriate Assembly could elect Consuls, Praetors and Censors, declare war, [14] and ratify the results of a census. [15]
The legislative assemblies of the Roman Republic were political institutions in the ancient Roman Republic.According to the contemporary historian Polybius, it was the people (and thus the assemblies) who had the final say regarding the election of magistrates, the enactment of Roman laws, the carrying out of capital punishment, the declaration of war and peace, and the creation (or ...
Each century received one vote, regardless of how many electors each Century held. Once a majority of centuries voted in the same way on a given measure, the voting ended, and the matter was decided. [1] Only the Centuriate Assembly could declare war or elect the highest-ranking Roman magistrates: consuls, praetors and censors. [2]
The ballot laws of the Roman Republic (Latin: leges tabellariae) were four laws which introduced the secret ballot to all popular assemblies in the Republic. [1] They were all introduced by tribunes, and consisted of the lex Gabinia tabellaria (or lex Gabinia) of 139 BC, applying to the election of magistrates; the lex Cassia tabellaria of 137 BC, applying to juries except in cases of treason ...
Roman Empire – Territory ruled by Rome and period of Roman history; Roman law – Legal system of Ancient Rome (c. 449 BC – AD 529) Centuria – A military unit in Ancient Rome originally consisting of 100 soldiers; Curia – Assembly where issues are discussed and decided; Roman consul – Political office in ancient Rome
While plebeians (commoners) could participate in this assembly, only the patricians (the Roman aristocrats) could vote. Since the Romans used a form of direct democracy, citizens, and not elected representatives, voted before each assembly. As such, the citizen-electors had no power, other than the power to cast a vote.
During the years of the kingdom, the People of Rome were organized on the basis of units called curiae (singular curia). [1] All of the People of Rome were divided amongst a total of thirty curia, [1] and membership in an individual curia was hereditary. Each member of a particular family belonged to the same curia.