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They were basically like magistrates or police people of the Republic. They had such roles as to make sure people followed the law. The person who answered before was also correct, they also had such duties. They maintained census, supervised public morality, oversaw finances, and collected taxes. The censors were elected in the Centuriate Assembly, which met under the presidency of a consul. One difference from a magistrate is that they could serve 18 months. Although, when dictator Mamercus Aemilius Mamercinus. Generally, they were very highly respected people and only the dictator surpassed them.

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