Magistrates

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Magistrates were executive officers of the Roman state, most of them both military and civilian leaders, whose offices were interwoven inseparably with public religious duties.

Ordinary magistrates

Roman magistracies can be classified in several ways, the two most reasonable classification is the one according to their power and political rank (potestas), the other is the classification according to their "sanctity" (auctoritas).

Roman magistracies in decreasing order of potestas

• Consulatus
• Praetura
• Censura
• Aedilitas Curulis and Plebis
• Tribunatus Plebis
• Quaestura
• Vigintisexviratus

Roman magistracies in decreasing order of auctoritas

• Censura
• Consulatus
• Praetura
• Aedilitas Curulis and Plebis
• Quaestura
• Vigintisexviratus
• Tribunatus Plebis

The extraordinary magistrates

The extraordinary magistracies were those which were filled only when they are needed. They are:

• Dictatura
• Interregnum

See also:

• Classification of magistracies in Nova Roma
• Magistrates in Nova Roma