| A | B |
|---|
| chief executive | consul |
| presided over the Senate and assemblies | consul |
| power to appoint a dictator at request of the Senate | consul |
| consul-elect (before taking office) | consul designatus |
| ex-consul (after serving) | consularis |
| consul sent to govern a province | proconsul |
| judge for civil or criminal cases | praetor |
| public treasurer | quaestor |
| supervised streets, fire protection, water, and public buildings | aedile |
| sponsored and supervised public games | aedile |
| took the census | censor |
| assesed property | censor |
| could remove senators and citizens from status | censor |
| supervised public morals | censor |
| could punish immorality with lower rank | censor |
| revised list of senators and knights | censor |
| guarded plebian rights | tribune |
| could veto any law passed by Senate or assemblies | tribune |
| governor of a province after serving as praetor | propraetor |
| held absolute power | dictator |
| commander of the cavalry | magister equitum |
| lieutenant to the dictator | magister equitum |
| ruled (by Senate appointment) if both consuls died in office or election could not be held | interrex |
| steps of the cursus honorum | (1) quaestor (2) praetor (3) consul |
