| A | B |
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| dates for Monarchy | 753 BC - 509 BC |
| dates for Republic | 509 BC - 27 BC |
| dates for Empire | 27 BC - 476 AD |
| date for assassination of G. Julius Caasar | March 15, 44 BC (Ides of March) |
| mythical founding of Rome (date) | 753 BC |
| fall of Rome (date) | 476 AD |
| last of the 7 kings of Rome | Tarquinius Rex Superbus |
| senate | 600 senators chosen by consuls |
| dictator | nominated by one of the consuls for a national emergency (as decreed by senate); full powers during that emergency |
| magister equitum | subordinate selected by dictator |
| consuls | 2 -- elected for one year -- supreme magistrates over senate and assemblies |
| praetors | 8 -- elected for one year --judges and acted for consuls in their absence |
| aediles | 2 curule and 2 plebeian -- elected for one year --administered the city (streets, water, games, grain) |
| quaestors | 20 -- elected for one year -- financial officers |
| cursus honorum | ranks of quaestor, praetor, consul -- msut get elected to jobs in order |
| proconsul or propraetor | exconsuls or expraetors, who could become this lucrative provincial administrator |
| lictors | attendants on public officials |
| fasces | an ax tied with a bundle of sticks; symbol of authority |
