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Emperors of Rome

Episode CLXXXVIII - How to Win a Consular Election

May 11, 2022

48:50

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How to Guide Reading Between the Lines

Quintus: What Skills Do You Need to Win a Consulship?

Quintus' Guide to How to Get Elected

1.

Introduction

2min

2.

The Consulship

2min

3.

Is Every Man Still Having the Right to Vote?

2min

4.

You Can't Send Someone in Your Stead

2min

5.

Are You Going to Vote in the Late Republic?

2min

6.

Is It Worth Approaching Anyone Who Isn't a Rich Elete Man?

4min

7.

Quintus Cicero's Guide on Electioneering

4min

8.

Quintus: What Skills Do You Need to Win a Consulship?

2min

9.

How to Guide Reading Between the Lines

2min

10.

Ika, What Could You Turn Against Your Opponents?

2min

11.

Cicero's a Family Man, I'm a Family Man, I Can Play the Ucalale and Sing Poorly and Cook a Curry

2min

12.

Electoral Bribery Is an Established Part of the Election Campaign

2min

13.

Quintus' Guide to How to Get Elected

2min

14.

Dealing With the Elites

2min

15.

Quintus Cicero's Advice on Giving Things to the People

2min

16.

Vote for Cicero?

2min

17.

Isa Hardy Favor, Ye, Isn't It?

3min

18.

I Am a Roman Citizen, I Am a Romain Citizen

2min

19.

Are There Any Records on the Number of Citizens Voting in Specific Elections?

2min

20.

The Relationship Between Caesar and Clement II of the Empire and the Battle of Mutina

2min

21.

Is There a Senior and a Junior Consul?

2min

22.

Are the Elections Held on the Same Day Every Year?

2min

23.

Are You Using Your Vote Wisely?

2min

Every year Rome held an election in which two senators were chosen for the role of consul. Being elected consul was a great honour, and the position was hotly contested, and a successful campaign depended upon the candidate’s military achievements, rhetorical skills and their willingness to be corrupt.

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Guest: Dr Rhiannon Evans (Associate Professor in Classics and Ancient History at La Trobe University).

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