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What is the comitia americana medallion with joh egar howard legionis peditum praefecto?
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Revolutionary War medal awarded to John Eager howard for the Battle of Cowpens. measures 46 mm. Copies were struck for the US bicentennial in pewter in a smaller size which are common.
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How many centuriae did the Comitia Centuriata consist of?
193
In the Roman Republic who elected the Consuls?
The Consuls were elected by the Assembly of the Soldiers (comitia centuriata)
What were the 3 legislative bodies in the roman republic?
the assembly of the soldiers (comitia centuriata), the assembly of the ribes (comitia tributa) and the plebeian council (concilium plebis)
What is the Similarities and Desimilarities between comitia curiata and comitia centuriata?
In the republican era of Rome Comitia was a blanket term for all assemblies (general meetings). Comitia Curiata were the oldest types of assemblies and were present during the Kingdom era. It was made up of representatives of the three old tribes of the city of Rome (ramnes, tities, luceres). Comitia curiata didn't really possess any real political powers. It could only could act as "a court of appeal" for death sentences. Also, it was a place for all speakers to express their opinions. During the republican era, comitia centuriata's presence became only a formality, although they had the right of giving imperium to higher magistrates (lex curiata de imperio), but that, too, was only a formality. Comitia Centuriata was the younger form of Comitia, altough also present during the kingdom era. It represented the military units (centuries). Unlike, c. curiata, it's powers became more prominent during the republican era. It represented the highest form of Comitia. It had the right of electing the higher magistrates (consuls, praetors, censors-although it was the senate which nominated the candidates), officially declared war and peace (although the actual decisions for this lay with the consuls). It was the highest court of appeal for executions or exile. Finally, it was a place where people (populus) would vote about any important matter (including legislation). Both comitiae declined in power after the crisis in Republic and the establishment of dictatorship, and finally the Empire.
Where did the term oxon originate?
It's an abbreviation of the Latin name for Oxfordshire, which in Latin is Comitia Oxoniae (County of Oxford).
Is the latin word commitia plural or singular?
Comitia, maybe? That's plural of comitium. 'Commitia' isn't a Latin word.
What role did the citizen play in the selection of leaders in rome?
The citizens of ancient Rome voted and elected their leaders. This was done by the two assemblies. The Plebeian assembly, the comitia tributa, elected the quaestors and the patrician Curule Aedile. The Ward Assembly the, Comitia Centuriata,elected the Praetors, Censors, and the Counsuls.
What happened at assemblies in the roman republic?
There were several assemblies in Rome. The assembly of the soldiers elected the higher officers of state (consuls, praetors and censors) voted on going to war, and acted as court of appeal for treason and death penalty cases until Sulla crated a special jury in 82 BC. The assembly of the tribes elected military tribunes with consular powers and the lower officers of state (qaestors and curule aediles) voted on laws, except those on war and acted as court of appeal for other cases again until Sulla created a special jury. The plebeian councils elected the plebeian tribunes and plebein aediles and voted on laws called plebiscites which originally were binding only on plebeians and later were made binding on all citizens. There was also another assembly, the comitia curiata, which was the original one which is said to be dated back to Romulus and which elected the kings. This assembly was retained when the assembly of the soldiers and the assembly of the tribes were created under the 6th king but it lost its political significance. Under the republic, It retained the power to confer imperium (command) to the officers of state with imperium after they had been elected, it made decisions of religious matters and on questions of family relations. It decayed by the 3rd century.
How were senators elected who could and could not vote in these elections?
The senate in ancient Rome was not an elected office as ours is today. Senators were either appointed or gained a seat in the senate by being elected to another public office, such as quaestor or tribune. Quaestors and tribunes were elected by the Comitia Tribata, or the Plebeian Assembly.
What is it called when something is made up of 35 tribes and controlled by plebeians?
The body of the thirty-five tribes sometimes called the plebeian assembly was the "comitia tributa". They elected the financial magistrates called quaesters and the curile aedile.
How were the consuls elected?
Elected by assemblies of the citizens.
Where did the roman senate go to make laws?
The Roman senate did not make the laws; it was the Roman people who voted and passed the laws. All the senate could do, legally, was to pass resolutions and to propose laws which were then given to the voting assemblies. At any rate, the senate met in various places over its history. Ideally, it met in the curia or senate house, but the darn thing seemed to be always burning down and the senate had to meet in a temple that was large enough to accommodate them. Pompey solved the problem by giving the senate a built in meeting place in his theater although at the time the senate had a meeting place. However during the riot at Caesar's funeral it burnt down---again. In the Early Republic laws were proposed by the consuls who put most of them to the vote of the assembly of the tribes (comitia tributa) and some of them to the vote of the assembly of the soldiers (comitia centuriata). These laws were called Leges comitalis because the name for an assembly was comitia. By the Mid Republic the main proposers of laws were the plebeian tribunes who put them to the vote of the plebeian council. These were called plebiscites, the name of the resolutions of the plebeian council.
