The cursus honorum (Latin for 'course of honors', or more colloquially 'ladder of offices'; Latin: [ˈkʊrsʊs hɔˈnoːrũː]) was the sequential order of public...

In cursu honorum (lit. 'in a course of honors') is a Latin phrase that refers to specialized study at the undergraduate level. Generally, a small percentage...

Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus (c. 155 BC – c. 91 BC) was an ancient Roman statesman and general, he was a leader of the Optimates, the conservative...

27 BC). Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the cursus honorum—an ascending sequence of public offices to which politicians aspired—after...

medical treatment, or to a race-course. A well known instance is the cursus honorum - a ladder of political offices. At its simplest, the Roman race-course...

governors. Pliny rose through a series of civil and military offices, the cursus honorum. He was a friend of the historian Tacitus and might have employed the...

Nationality Roman Occupation Statesman Known for Gang violence Office Cursus honorum up to praetor (including tribune of the plebs) Political party Optimates...

or civil service, promotion was expected to follow the principle of cursus honorum, rising through the ranks, with the expectation that ideally, a minimum...

quaestors and other minor positions. These offices were held in order – the cursus honorum – from junior to senior, with exceptions for the tribunate and aedilate...

directly to his first consulship without following the traditional cursus honorum (the required steps to advance in a political career). He was elected...