How did citizens vote in the Roman Republic?

For the Centuriate, voting was in descending order by status and wealth. The first property class would divide itself first into their 35 tribes and then split each tribe by age forming the iuniores (juniors) and the seniores (seniors). This would form 70 centuries, each with a vote.

Who voted in the Roman Assembly?

The assembly known as the Plebeian Council was identical to the Tribal Assembly with one key exception: only plebeians (the commoners) had the power to vote before it. Members of the aristocratic patrician class were excluded from this assembly. In contrast, both classes were entitled to a vote in the Tribal Assembly.

Were Roman assemblies elected?

There was a second part of Roman government, the assembly. The assembly was elected by Romans from the plebeian class.

How many voting tribes did Rome have?

The three original tribes from which the Romans were descended were the Tities, Luceres and Ramnes. The sixteen oldest voting tribes had the names of old patrician gentes. Their members were either from patrician families or lived on land owned by them.

Did Romans vote for senators?

The Senate was the governing and advisory assembly of the aristocracy in the ancient Roman Republic. It was not an elected body, but one whose members were appointed by the consuls, and later by the censors.

What were the two assemblies of the Roman Republic?

The two assemblies of the Roman Republic were the centuriate assembly (comitia centuriata), which was military in nature and composed of voting groups called centuries (military units), and the tribal assembly (comitia tributa), a nonmilitary civilian assembly.

Could Roman plebeians vote?

While the plebeians each belonged to a particular curia, only patricians could actually vote in the Curiate Assembly. The Plebeian Council was originally organized around the office of the Tribunes of the Plebs in 494 BC.

Who voted for Roman consuls?

Two consuls were elected each year, serving together, each with veto power over the other’s actions, a normal principle for magistracies. They were elected by the comitia centuriata, which had an aristocratic bias in its voting structure, which only increased over the years from its foundation.

Who could vote in the Curiate Assembly of the Roman Republic?

The Curiate Assembly passed laws, elected Consuls (the only elected magistrates at the time), and tried judicial cases. Consuls always presided over the assembly. While plebeians (commoners) could participate in this assembly, only the patricians (the Roman aristocrats) could vote.

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