Ch 23 The Senate & Cursus Honorum

How many men made up the Senate at the time of our story?

What was the minimum wealth requirement for membership of the senatorial class?

• 1.5 million sesterces

• 1 million sesterces

• 500,000 sesterces

• 200,000 sesterces

What was the minimum wealth requirement for membership of the equestrian class?

• 400,000 sesterces

• 600,000 sesterces

• 200,000 sesterces

• 100,000 sesterces

What was the term used for men from the equestrian class who became senators and were the first in their families to do so?

• Novi senatores

• Novi plebeians

• Novi equites

• Novi homines

What was the career path in government and the army for young men of the senatorial class known as?

• Cursus senatorum

• Cursus imperium

• Cursus civium

• Cursus honorum

What was the term used for the ordinary people who were not part of the senatorial or equestrian class?

• Plebeians

• Patricians

• Senators

• Equites

What was the color used for the broad stripe on the tunics of senators as a sign of their status?

• Red

• Purple

• Blue

• Green

The first step on the ladder of a political career was to become a ________.

Which two offices do not confer membership to the Senate?

• vigintivir

• tribunus militum

• quaestor

• praetor

• aedilis

Match the office to its description.

• protected ordinary people

• praetor

• law courts & games

• consul

• general financial duties

• tribunus plebis

• infrastructure of Rome

• aedilis

• presided over Senate

• quaestor