Comitia Tributa

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Roman political institution popular assembly voting assembly

The Comitia Tributa was a popular assembly of the Roman Republic in which citizens voted by tribes to pass laws, elect certain magistrates, and make judicial decisions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Comitia Tributa canonical	5
comitia tributa	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman political institution ⓘ popular assembly ⓘ voting assembly ⓘ
basisOfOrganization	thirty-five tribes ⓘ
composedOf	Roman citizens ⓘ
convenedBy	magistrate with imperium ⓘ
couldHear	certain criminal cases ⓘ
couldImpose	fines ⓘ other penalties within its competence ⓘ
couldPass	rogationes (proposed laws) ⓘ
country	Roman Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Rome
decisionRule	majority of tribes ⓘ
declineBeganInPeriod	Late Roman Republic ⓘ surface form: late Roman Republic
distinctFrom	Comitia Centuriata ⓘ Concilium Plebis ⓘ
electedOffice	curule aedile ⓘ lesser magistrates ⓘ military tribune with plebeian rank ⓘ quaestor ⓘ
existedDuringPeriod	Roman Republic era ⓘ
governedBy	Roman public law ⓘ
hadElectoralFunction	election of magistrates ⓘ
hadJudicialFunction	judicial decisions ⓘ
hadLegislativeFunction	passing laws ⓘ
hadLimitation	could not legislate on matters reserved to Comitia Centuriata ⓘ subject to tribunician veto ⓘ subject to veto by higher magistrates ⓘ
includedTribalType	rural tribes ⓘ urban tribes ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	Latin ⓘ
legalEffect	enacted binding laws on Roman citizens ⓘ
location	Rome ⓘ
lostImportanceUnder	Roman Empire ⓘ
partOf	Roman Republic ⓘ
precededBy	auspices taken by presiding magistrate ⓘ
presidingOfficer	consul ⓘ curule aedile ⓘ praetor ⓘ
relatedTo	Comitia Centuriata ⓘ Concilium Plebis ⓘ
required	formal summons of citizens ⓘ
typicalMeetingPlace	Campus Martius ⓘ Forum Romanum ⓘ
usedVotingUnit	tribe ⓘ
votedOn	leges (statutory laws) ⓘ plebiscita when properly convoked ⓘ
votingMethod	one vote per tribe ⓘ
votingOrder	tribes called in sequence ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Roman Republic → legislativeBody → Comitia Tributa ⓘ

Roman aediles → electionBy → Comitia Tributa ⓘ

Comitia Centuriata → relatedTo → Comitia Tributa ⓘ

Roman magistracy → electedBy → Comitia Tributa ⓘ

this entity surface form: comitia tributa

Comitia Curiata (early period, debated) → relatedTo → Comitia Tributa ⓘ

Concilium Plebis → relatedTo → Comitia Tributa ⓘ

Saepta Julia → usedFor → Comitia Tributa ⓘ

this entity surface form: comitia tributa