| A | B |
|---|
| cursus honorum | sequence of offices held by upper-class Romans |
| vigintiviri | 20 young men chosen as junior officials |
| tribunus militum | junior military officer in a legion |
| quaestor | manager of public money |
| tribunus plebis | in the Republic, protectors of the rights of the people of Rome, in the Empire a mostly ceremonial role |
| praetor | judge and manager of Roman law courts, afterwards became governor or commander |
| consul | in the Republic chief executive of government, under Empire mostly administrators |
| suo anno | hodling an office at the earliest possible age |
| pontifex maximus | high priest of ancient Rome |
| aedile | in charge of public baths, public buildings, roads, and sewers |
| censor | in charge of Roman morals and the senate list |
