Cursus honorum (Nova Roma)

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In [[Nova Roma]], the ''cursus honorum'' is regulated by the following laws:
 
In [[Nova Roma]], the ''cursus honorum'' is regulated by the following laws:
  
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;[[Lex Iunia de magistratuum aetate (Nova Roma)|Lex Iunia de magistratuum aetate]]: about the minimum age required to hold specific magistracies;
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*[[Lex Iunia de magistratuum aetate (Nova Roma)|Lex Iunia de magistratuum aetate]]: about the minimum age required to hold specific magistracies;
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;[[Lex Vedia de cursu honorum (Nova Roma)|Lex Vedia de cursu honorum]]: about the qualifications for holding magistracies;
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*[[Lex Vedia de cursu honorum (Nova Roma)|Lex Vedia de cursu honorum]]: about the qualifications for holding magistracies;
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;[[Lex Arminia de cursu honorum (Nova Roma)|Lex Arminia de cursu honorum]]: about the plebeian magistracies  
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*[[Lex Arminia de cursu honorum (Nova Roma)|Lex Arminia de cursu honorum]]: about the plebeian magistracies.
  
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The original ''cursus honorum'' contained only four offices: [[Quaestor (Nova Roma)|''quaestor'']], [[Praetor (Nova Roma)|''praetor'']], [[Consul (Nova Roma)|''consul'']], and [[Censor (Nova Roma)|''censor'']]. They were almost always held in that order, and by the middle republic it was rare for any stage to be omitted.
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In general, the only Nova Roman magistracies which cannot be held without holding another (lower) office are the Censorship, Consulship and Praetorship. These offices can be held only after being Vigintisexvir or Tribunus Plebis or Quaestor or Aedilis or provincial governor.
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These continued to be the only offices which were part of the technical ''cursus'', but it also became common for other offices to be held in addition: [[Aedilis Plebis (Nova Roma)|''aedilis plebis'']], [[Aedilis Curulis (Nova Roma)|''aedilis curulis'']], and [[Tribunus Plebis (Nova Roma)|''tribunus plebis'']]. A Roman would usually hold at least one of these offices, usually after being [[Quaestor (Nova Roma)|''quaestor'']] and before being [[Praetor (Nova Roma)|''praetor'']], but sometimes before being [[Quaestor (Nova Roma)|''quaestor'']].
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One might also include the lowest elected offices such as the [[Vigintisexviri_overview|''vigintisexviri'']] as part of the ''cursus'' in its broad sense.
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It was usual to leave at least a year between one office and the next.
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Revision as of 17:49, 5 February 2008

Cursus honorum is the Latin term for the standard political career. A cursus is literally a race, or a race-track; honores are 'honours' or 'offices'. Roman political offices are traditionally held in a certain order. This system developed over the first centuries of the republic and was for a long time purely customary, though it was gradually codified in law.

In Nova Roma, the cursus honorum is regulated by the following laws:

In general, the only Nova Roman magistracies which cannot be held without holding another (lower) office are the Censorship, Consulship and Praetorship. These offices can be held only after being Vigintisexvir or Tribunus Plebis or Quaestor or Aedilis or provincial governor.

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