Administrative Roles Quotes
Member of the Triumvirate. This was the set of laws for the Roman colony in Urso, Spain. It is much like Roman law and it is very valuable because so much of it has been preserved whereas the laws of Rome itself comes to us in fragments and from secondary sources. This is one of the first formal regulations regarding staffs of officials. In this case it was for a duumvir. Even though Rome had an Emperor, these and other positions were elected. This was a type of mayor or magistrate that combined the Judicial and Executive functions of a city of community. There were always TWO duumvirs of equal rank. This assured that one was more likely to be available at any time, but the major reason was that they could acts as a check and balance on each other. Lictors were security guards. The soothsayer was supposed to be able to divine the future. Today, the modern role is often filled by economists. Summoners were like sheriffs or process servers. The flutists do not have a modern equivalent but their role was to preceed the mayor so that people would know he was coming. This law was actually drafted by Julius Caesar. Antony later issued it.
