Plebs  Patricii   eques/equites   comitium   comitia

 

comitia centuriata            (The Assemblies of the Centuriae)

 

193 centuriae 

 

distributed among five numbered classes and several unnumbered orders voting century by century, class by class.

 

equites   18 centuriae

 

I classis       80 centuriae       < 70

II classis      20 centuriae       <  23 ? etc.

III classis     20 centuriae

IV classis     20 centuriae

V classis      30 centuriae

 

trumpeters, engineers      4 centuriae

infra classem                     1 centuria of proletarii

 

Majority:        97 centuries

 

Magistrati:

 

Consuls  2

Censors 2

praetors 10    

 

A motion accepted by the comitia centuriata is called a lex.

 

 

comitia tributa           (The Assemblies of the Tribes)

 

35 Tribus (tribes) voting tribe by tribe

31  Rural        

 4   Urban

 

majority 18 tribes

 

Magistrati:     Aediles      2

Quaestors       10>20

military tribunes

 

A motion accepted by the comitia tributa is called a lex.

 

comitia curiata                    (The Assemblies of the Curiae)

 

30  curiae  (wards) voting curia by curia.

Majority:        16 Wards

 

A motion accepted by the comitia curiata is called a lex.

 

concilium plebis       (The Council of

 

35  tribes of plebians

 

Magistrati:     Plebian Aediles   2

      tribunes               10

A motion accepted by a division of the plebs is called a plebiscitum ("division of the plebs".)

 

senatus        (Council of “Elders”)

 

Princeps Senatus, consuls, praetors, magistrates

 

Advice of Senate is called Senatus consultum (=advice of Senate)