Comitia Centuriata

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Roman political institution popular assembly voting assembly

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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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Comitia Centuriata canonical 7
comitia centuriata 3
Centuriate Assembly 2

Statements (47)

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 Comitia Centuriata self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
legalStatus formal organ of the Roman people ⓘ
locatedIn Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: ancient Rome

Rome ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Republic → legislativeBody → Comitia Centuriata ⓘ
Comitia Tributa → relatedTo → Comitia Centuriata ⓘ
Comitia Tributa → distinctFrom → Comitia Centuriata ⓘ
Comitia Centuriata → latinName → Comitia Centuriata self-link ⓘ
Comitia Centuriata → englishName → Comitia Centuriata self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Centuriate Assembly
Roman consuls → electedBy → Comitia Centuriata ⓘ
Roman magistracy → electedBy → Comitia Centuriata ⓘ
this entity surface form: comitia centuriata
Curiate Assembly → succeededBy → Comitia Centuriata ⓘ
this entity surface form: Centuriate Assembly
Comitia Curiata (early period, debated) → relatedTo → Comitia Centuriata ⓘ
Concilium Plebis → relatedTo → Comitia Centuriata ⓘ
Comitium → associatedWith → Comitia Centuriata ⓘ
this entity surface form: comitia centuriata
Saepta Julia → usedFor → Comitia Centuriata ⓘ
this entity surface form: comitia centuriata