The Roman assemblies were meetings of the Roman people duly convened by a magistrate. There were two general kinds of assemblies: a contio where a crowd...
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legislative assemblies: the comitia ('committees'), which were assemblies of all citizens optimo jure, and the consilia ("councils"), which were assemblies of...
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The Roman Senate (Latin: Senātus Rōmānus) was the highest and constituting assembly of ancient Rome and its aristocracy. With different powers throughout...
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powers that had been held by the Roman assemblies (the comitia) were transferred to the Senate. The neutering of the assemblies had become inevitable because...
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legislative, judicial, and electoral powers were all transferred from the "Roman assemblies" to the Senate. However, since the control that the Emperor held over...
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powers that, under the republic, had been reserved for the Roman Senate and the Roman assemblies including the right to declare war, to ratify treaties,...
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who led the armies and the civil government in Rome, and it was the Roman assemblies which had the ultimate authority over elections, legislation, and criminal...
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powers that, under the republic, had been reserved for the Roman Senate and the Roman assemblies, including the right to declare war, to ratify treaties...
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The World Assemblies of God Fellowship (WAGF), commonly known as the Assemblies of God (AG), is a global cooperative body or communion of over 170 Pentecostal...
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and call upon the assemblies. A complex set of checks and balances developed amongst these three branches. For example, the assemblies theoretically held...
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alternating every month. They could also summon any of the three Roman assemblies (Curiate, Centuriate, and Tribal) and presided over them. Thus, the...
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Patrician (ancient Rome) (redirect from Roman nobility)
beginning of the Republic: patricians were better represented in the Roman assemblies, and only patricians could hold high political offices, such as dictator...
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In the Roman Republic, elections were held annually for every major magistracy. They were conducted before two assemblies (Latin: comitia): the centuriate...
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contrast to elected assemblies and randomly-selected citizens' assemblies, and are a form of direct democracy. Some popular assemblies consist of people...
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Collegium (ancient Rome). The comitia calata ("calate assemblies") were non-voting assemblies (comitia) called for religious purposes. The verb calare...
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The Roman Republic (Italian: Repubblica Romana) was a short-lived state declared on 9 February 1849, when the government of the Papal States was temporarily...
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The Assemblies of God USA (AG), officially The General Council of the Assemblies of God, is a Pentecostal Christian denomination in the United States and...
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addition to the United Nations System Roman assemblies, legislative institutions in ancient Rome Citizens' assembly, a body formed from the citizens of...
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authority of the consul. The consuls presided over the Roman Senate and the Roman assemblies, and had the ultimate responsibility to enforce policies...
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While the Roman assemblies continued to meet, Caesar submitted all candidates to the assemblies for election, and all bills to the assemblies for enactment...
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Optimates and populares (category Roman Republic)
using the popular assemblies' law-making powers to overrule decisions of the senate, primarily as a political tactic to get ahead in Roman politics. In this...
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Curia (redirect from Curia (ancient Roman meeting house))
'man'). In this sense, any assembly, public or private, could be called a curia. In addition to the Roman curiae, voting assemblies known as curiae existed...
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Pomerium (redirect from Roman Pomerium)
civilian dress.[citation needed] The Comitia Centuriata, one of the Roman assemblies, consisting of centuriae (voting units, but originally military formations...
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The crisis of the Roman Republic was an extended period of political instability and social unrest from about c. 133 BC to 44 BC that culminated in the...
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and Landtag for regional assemblies. In this sense, it commonly refers to the Imperial Diet assemblies of the Holy Roman Empire: Diet of Augsburg Diet...
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power to elect magistrates was transferred from the assemblies to the senate. Now, the assemblies were only used to hear the results of magisterial elections...
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Outline of ancient Rome (redirect from Roman Republic and Empire)
Legislative Assemblies of the Roman Republic Executive magistrates of the Roman Republic of the Roman Empire Senate of the Roman Empire Legislative Assemblies of...
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the historical period the Roman republic had three kinds of citizen assemblies: the curiate, centuriate, and tribal assemblies. The curiae were likely organised...
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Political institutions of ancient Rome (redirect from Roman politics)
construction follows. Roman law List of Roman laws Twelve Tables Digest of Roman law Corpus Juris Civilis Roman Senate Roman assemblies Roman Curia Comitia curiata...
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The curiate assembly (Latin: comitia curiata) was one of the assemblies of the Roman Republic and the oldest assembly at Rome. It was organised on the...
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