Appendix 9
Ten years military service in cavalry or on the political staff of a relative or friend.
Minimum Age
30quaestor (8–12 in number): financial admin in Rome, or in a province, as second-in-command to the governor.
‘tribune of the plebs’(10): preside over the concilium plebis.
36aedile (4, 2 curule and 2 plebeian): admin role in Rome; responsible for the corn supply, festivals etc.; optional.
39praetor (6): judicial role in Rome; in charge of provinces not allocated to consuls; commanded one legion and allies.
40consul (2): governed larger provinces and held major commands in all wars; led two legions and two allied alae. Other roles: to preside over the senate and assemblies.
censor: magistracy held by most distinguished ex-consuls. Two in office for five years; function: to carry out the census.