Datum__________________
The Early Republic
509-265 B.C.
Directions: Answer these questions as you read pages 168-173. Keep this for the test.
1. Who were the first consuls? (two names)
2. What was a consul?
3. How long did a consul serve?
4. Why was a consuls term so short?
5.What was the function of each of the following offices which ranked below consul?
a.praetor
b.aedile
c.tribune
d.quaestor
e.censor
6.What was a dictator?
7. What was the cursus honorum?
8. How many assemblies were there?
9. Who was in the comitia centuriata?
What did it do?
10.Who was in the comitia tributa?
What did it do?
11. How did the Senate function during the Republic?
21. Please draw a chart on the back of this sheet of paper of the Roman government
and how its various components related to each other. For a modern example of what
I am looking for see below.