Stage 37 - Culture Questions

Read pages 53 - 56 in Unit IV and answer the following questions.

1.  Who were the members of the emperor’s consilium? 

 

2. How did they assist the emperor?

 

3.  What was the cursus honorum?  Are there similar institutions in our society?

 

4. What does the term ‘suo anno’ mean?

 

5.  Describe each of these 7 steps along the cursus honorum:

       vigintivir

 

     tribunus militum

 

     quaestor

 

     tribunus plebs

 

     aedilis

 

     praetor

 

     consul

 

 

6. This political system seems very structured and rigid.  Was this true, in your estimation? Why or why not?  Give evidence for your answer from the culture.