Comitia Centuriata

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The Comitia Centuriata was one of the principal popular assemblies of the Roman Republic, organized by military centuries and empowered to elect senior magistrates, pass laws, and decide on war and capital cases.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman political institution
popular assembly
voting assembly
basedOn census classes
military organization of Roman citizens
property qualifications
characteristic organized by property class and age
wealthier centuries voted first
country Roman Republic
decidesOn appeals in capital cases
war and peace
decline lost importance in late Republic
englishName Centuriate Assembly
excludes non-citizens
governedBy Roman public law
hasFunction capital jurisdiction
declaration of war
election of magistrates
legislation
hasPower to confirm imperium
to decide capital cases
to declare war
to elect censors
to elect consuls
to elect praetors
to pass laws
historicalRole central role in early Roman Republic politics
language Latin
latinName Comitia Centuriata
legalStatus formal organ of the Roman people
locatedIn ancient Rome
city of Rome
membership Roman citizens
metAt Campus Martius
organizedBy centuries
military centuries
partOf Roman Republic
presidedOverBy consul
magistrate with imperium
praetor
reformedBy Servius Tullius
reformedIn middle Republic
relatedTo Comitia Tributa
Concilium Plebis
timePeriod Roman Republic
votingSystem one vote per century
votingUnit century

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