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Agenda 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 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