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The censor was a magistrate in ancient Rome who was responsible for maintaining the census, supervising public morality, and overseeing certain aspects of the government's finances. [1]
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Censor, in ancient Rome, a magistrate whose original functions of registering citizens and their property were greatly expanded to include supervision of senatorial rolls and moral conduct. Censors also assessed property for taxation and contracts, penalized moral offenders by removing their public.
List of censors of the Roman Republic. This list of Roman censors includes all holders through to its subsumption under that of Roman emperor in 22BC. Censors were elected by the Centuriate Assembly and served as a duo.
A Censor was one of two senior magistrates in the city of ancient Rome who supervised public morals, maintained the list of citizens and their tax obligations known as the census, and gave out lucrative public contracts and tax collecting rights.
The Roman magistrates (Latin: magistratus) were elected officials in ancient Rome. During the period of the Roman Kingdom, the King of Rome was the principal executive magistrate. [1] His power, in practice, was absolute. He was the chief priest, lawgiver, judge, and the sole commander of the army.
The Roman censor occupied a position of unique power and influence within the Republic. Tasked with maintaining the census, upholding public morality (regimen morum), and overseeing significant aspects of public finances, the censor wielded authority unlike any other magistrate. While their purview was specific, their power within those ...
Marcus Porcius Cato (born 95 bc —died 46, Utica, Africa [now in Tunisia]) was a great-grandson of Cato the Censor and a leader of the Optimates (conservative senatorial aristocracy) who tried to preserve the Roman Republic against power seekers, in particular Julius Caesar.
The first two censors served c.440 BCE; they were to assist the consuls by counting of the Roman citizens (census). This job had to be done every five year and ended with the ritual cleansing of the state (lustrum). In the fifth century, the censorship was still a typical beginner's function.
Marcus Porcius Cato, also known as “Cato the Censor” and “Cato the Elder” (b. 234–d. 149 BCE), was one of the most prominent figures in the political and cultural life of Rome in the first half of the 2nd century BCE.