divided into ten curiae, or wards, which were the voting units of the comitia curiata. Although the curiae continued throughout Roman history, the three...

Assembly (comitia curiata) was the principal assembly that evolved in shape and form over the course of the Roman Kingdom until the Comitia Centuriata...

attended by one lictor; an assembly of the comitia curiata was attended by thirty lictors. The comitia curiata voted to confirm the election of magistrates...

even if it did not contain all of the Roman citizens or, like the comitia curiata, excluded a particular class of Roman citizens (the plebs). The second...

magistrates to hold power, or imperium. In theory, it was passed by the comitia curiata, which was also the source for leges curiatae pertaining to Roman adoption...

possible that they were drawn by lots. Lictors were associated with comitia curiata, as in its later form, the thirty curiae were represented by a single...

no force unless approved by the comitia curiata. By the time of Servius, if not long before, the tribes of the comitia were a minority of the population...

authority to pass law, known as lex tribunicia, and to preside over the comitia curiata. Unless the king himself elected to lead the cavalry into battle, this...

their election in the older comitia curiata, which granted the consuls their imperium by enacting a law, the lex curiata de imperio. If a consul died...

no force unless approved by the comitia curiata. By the time of Servius, if not long before, the tribes of the comitia were a minority of the population...

election of the plebeian tribunes from the comitia curiata (or possibly the comitia centuriata) to the comitia tributa. The significance of this measure...

be invested with the full regal authority and power. So, after the comitia curiata, held to elect the king, the king also had to be conferred the imperium...

with curiate, centuriate, and tribal forms. By the late republic, the comitia curiata – the body which ratified imperium – was largely ceremonial, where...

Republic, the comitia curiata was the only legislative assembly with any power. Shortly after the founding of the Republic, however, the comitia centuriata...

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After nomination, a dictator would have his imperium ratified by comitia curiata—bringing that matter before the Assembly himself—in a manner akin to...

call a meeting of the Comitia Curiata, which would elect a new king. Under the Republic, interreges were appointed to hold the comitia for the election of...

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of Rome, and it was in his capacity as tribune that he convened the comitia curiata to abrogate the king's imperium, while Tarquin was away, besieging...

Lex Publilia transferred the election of the tribunes from comitia curiata to the comitia tributa, thus removing the influence of the patricians on their...

absent from Rome. These powers included: convoking the Senate and Comitia Curiata, and, in times of war, levying and commanding legions. The first major...

acclaimed by the people. Upon the death of Marcius, Tarquin addressed the Comitia Curiata and convinced them that he should be elected king over Marcius' natural...

advisory body for the King; the Comitia Curiata, which could endorse and ratify laws suggested by the King; and the Comitia Calata, which was an assembly...

Tatius. The curiae formed the voting units in the popular assemblies (Comitia Curiata). Romulus was behind one of the most notorious acts in Roman history...

the people. The king (rex) was elected by the people's assembly (the comitia curiata originally) although there is strong evidence that the process was...

were proposed by the consuls and formally appointed by the comitia (comitia curiata or comitia centuriata). Judgement of the duumviri was not subject to...

electoral bribery and corruption; see ambitus lex curiata – Any law passed by the comitia curiata. These included Roman adoptions, particularly so-called...

transferring the election of the tribunes of the plebs from the comitia curiata to the comitia tributa. Appius' colleague was Titus Quinctius, who assumed...

Quirites, Roman civilians, and the civil comitia curiata, in contrast to military personnel and the comitia centuriata. Quirinus was assimilated with...

resulting mobilisation of opposition. The curiate assembly (Latin: comitia curiata) traditionally dates to the early monarchy, from 30 divisions of the...