Curiate Assembly

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The Curiate Assembly was one of the earliest popular assemblies of ancient Rome, composed of citizens grouped into curiae and primarily responsible for ratifying decisions of the king, witnessing religious acts, and conferring imperium.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Curiate Assembly canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman assembly ⓘ
electoral assembly ⓘ
judicial assembly ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
political institution ⓘ
popular assembly ⓘ
religious assembly ⓘ
associatedWith Roman constitution ⓘ
Roman public law ⓘ
basedOn curial divisions of the Roman people ⓘ
composedOf Roman citizens ⓘ
conferred imperium on consuls ⓘ
imperium on dictators ⓘ
imperium on magistrates ⓘ
imperium on praetors ⓘ
declineInPower during middle and late Republic ⓘ
functionedAs formal legal body for conferring authority ⓘ
hasLatinName Comitia Curiata ⓘ
historicalPeriod Regal period of Rome ⓘ
early Roman Republic ⓘ
languageOfName Latin ⓘ
laterRepresentation curiate lictors instead of full citizen body ⓘ
legalBasis lex curiata de imperio ⓘ
locatedIn ancient Rome ⓘ
metAt Comitium ⓘ
numberOfCuriae 30 ⓘ
numberOfVotes 30 ⓘ
organizedInto curiae ⓘ
partOf Roman Kingdom ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
precededBy clan-based assemblies of early Rome ⓘ
presidedOverBy Roman king ⓘ
consul ⓘ
pontifex maximus ⓘ
praetor ⓘ
primaryFunction conferring imperium ⓘ
formalizing adoptions ⓘ
formalizing wills ⓘ
legitimizing certain family law acts ⓘ
ratification of decisions of the king ⓘ
witnessing religious acts ⓘ
roleInReligion witnessing certain sacra ⓘ
witnessing inauguration of priests ⓘ
succeededBy Centuriate Assembly ⓘ
linked to: Comitia Centuriata

Tribal Assembly ⓘ
voteDecisionRule majority of curiae ⓘ
votingUnit curia ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Kingdom → legislature → Curiate Assembly ⓘ
Comitia Curiata → alsoKnownAs → Curiate Assembly ⓘ