Comitia+centuriata

What: Roman voting assembly (218-49 BC) Who: open to all male citizens, but actual involvment of citizenry was based on wealth Role: elects most powerful magistrates every year, before 218 BC was chief law-making body

Details: -consists of 193 "centuries" -- divided into 5 classes based on economic stasis, do not have equal number of citizens -higher classes get more votes (proletarii -- 85% of voting population gets only 1 vote) -system designed so that aristocracy have more influence than middle/lower classes -presiding officier = consul or praetor