Roman consul

Historical eventApril 4503 BCE

Roman consul

Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrated a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.

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When
April 4 503 BCE
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Dates: From -503.

What happened

The consuls were the two highest elected public officials of the Roman Republic. Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the cursus honorum—an ascending sequence of public offices to which politicians aspired—after that of the censor, which was reserved for former consuls. Each year, the centuriate assembly elected two consuls to serve jointly for a one-year term. The consuls alternated each month holding fasces when both were in Rome.

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