CHAPTER IV

THE MAGISTRACY

_GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MAGISTRACY_

1. _Imperium_ and _potestas_, 152. Administrative powers of the magistrates, 152. Military powers, 153. The right to triumph, 156. Powers exercised in connexion with the people, 158. The _contio_ and the _comitia_, 159. Right of acting with the _plebs_, 161. The right of consulting the Senate, 161. General powers of the magistrates; the _auspicia_, 162. The _coercitio_, 167. Conflict between the powers of the magistrates; the _obnuntiatio_, 172. The right of prohibition, 173. The _intercessio_, 176. The civil and criminal responsibility of magistrates, 181. The qualifications for office, 183. The formalities of candidature and election, 187. The _insignia_ of office, 191.

_THE INDIVIDUAL MAGISTRACIES_

2. The dictator, 191. The magister equitum, 195. The consuls, 196. The praetors, 202. The aediles, 208. The quaestors, 212. The censors, 216. The plebeian magistrates, 233. The minor magistrates, 234.

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