Roman Consul

Roman Consul

Roman Constitution

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• Constitution of the Late Empire
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• Legislative Assemblies
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Ordinary magistrates

Consul Praetor Quaestor Promagistrate

Aedile Tribune Censor Governor

Extraordinary magistrates

Dictator Magister Equitum Consular tribune

Rex Triumviri Decemviri

Titles and honours

• Emperor

Legatus Dux Officium Praefectus Vicarius Vigintisexviri Lictor

Magister militum Imperator Princeps senatus Pontifex Maximus Augustus Caesar Tetrarch

Precedent and law

• Roman Law

Imperium Mos maiorum Collegiality

Roman citizenship Auctoritas Cursus honorum

senatus consultum (senatus consultum ultimum)

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A consul served in the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic.

Each year, two consuls were elected together, to serve for a one-year term. Each consul was given veto power over his colleague and the officials would alternate each month. However, after the establishment of the Empire, the consuls were merely a figurative representative of Rome’s republican heritage and held very little power and authority, with the Emperor acting as the supreme leader.