Assembly (comitia curiata) was the principal assembly that evolved in shape and form over the course of the Roman Kingdom until the Comitia Centuriata...

divided into ten curiae, or wards, which were the voting units of the comitia curiata. Although the curiae continued throughout Roman history, the three...

attended by one lictor; an assembly of the comitia curiata was attended by thirty lictors. The comitia curiata voted to confirm the election of magistrates...

even if it did not contain all of the Roman citizens or, like the comitia curiata, excluded a particular class of Roman citizens (the plebs). The second...

magistrates to hold power, or imperium. In theory, it was passed by the comitia curiata, which was also the source for leges curiatae pertaining to Roman adoption...

no force unless approved by the comitia curiata. By the time of Servius, if not long before, the tribes of the comitia were a minority of the population...

authority to pass law, known as lex tribunicia, and to preside over the comitia curiata. Unless the king himself elected to lead the cavalry into battle, this...

possible that they were drawn by lots. Lictors were associated with comitia curiata, as in its later form, the thirty curiae were represented by a single...

Republic, the comitia curiata was the only legislative assembly with any power. Shortly after the founding of the Republic, however, the comitia centuriata...

their election in the older comitia curiata, which granted the consuls their imperium by enacting a law, the lex curiata de imperio. If a consul died...