Roman assemblies

The Roman Republic (Latin: Res Publica Romanorum) vested formal governmental powers in four separate people's assemblies — the Comitia Curiata, the Comitia Centuriata, the Comitia Tributa, and the Concilium Plebis. The Latin Comitia is sometimes rendered in English as Comices.

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Roman Republic - Latin - Res Publica

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Unlike modern chambers, these representative bodies combined legislative, judicial, and electoral functions, as Magistrates did too. Although there was no separation of powers, the intricate balance of 'constitutional' checks and divisions of powers in the Roman republic was remarkably elaborate. They possessed the power to make ex post facto laws, retroactively making a given act illegal. Note that the Roman Senate was a deliberative chamber, and did not possess legislative or judicial powers.

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Legislative - Judicial - Electoral - Ex post facto - Roman Senate

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