Comitia Curiata

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Comitia Curiata was one of the earliest popular assemblies of ancient Rome, organized by curiae and primarily responsible for formal ratification of certain legal and religious acts.

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Comitia Curiata canonical 2
comitia curiata 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman assembly
legal institution
political institution
popular assembly
religious institution
alsoKnownAs Curiate Assembly
authorityOver Roman populus divided by curiae
country Ancient Rome
linked to: Roman Antiquity
decisionMakingMethod vote by curiae
declineIn middle Roman Republic
electoralRole election of some early Roman magistrates
followedBy Comitia Centuriata
Comitia Tributa
governedBy auspices
hasFunction adoption approval
conferral of imperium
formal ratification of legal acts
formal ratification of religious acts
lex curiata de imperio
witnessing of wills
historicalPeriod early Roman Kingdom
early Roman Republic
linked to: Archaic Rome
languageOfProceedings Latin
laterRepresentationBy thirty lictors
legalInstrument lex curiata
legalRole ratification of adrogatio
ratification of testamentary dispositions
locatedIn Roman Forum
meetingPlace Comitium
organizedBy curiae
thirty curiae
politicalSystem Roman Kingdom
Roman Republic
precededBy assembly of the Roman people by gentes
presidedOverBy Roman king
consul
pontifex maximus
praetor
relatedConcept Roman assemblies
Roman law
Roman religion
curia
religiousRole approval of certain sacra
inauguration of priests
timePeriod 1st century BC
7th century BC
votingUnit curia

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Curiate Assembly hasLatinName Comitia Curiata
Comitium associatedWith comitia curiata
linked to: Comitia Curiata
Rex Sacrorum appointedBy comitia curiata
linked to: Comitia Curiata
Tribal Assembly contrastedWith Comitia Curiata