cursus honorum

the order of public offices held by politicians in Ancient Rome
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cursus honorum

Summary

cursus honorum ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,077 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • cursus honorum is in the country of Ancient Rome[2].
  • cursus honorum is a type of career[3].
  • cursus honorum's Commons category is recorded as Cursus honorum inscriptions[4].
  • cursus honorum comprises quaestor[5].
  • cursus honorum comprises aedile[6].
  • cursus honorum comprises tribune of the plebs[7].
  • cursus honorum comprises praetor[8].
  • cursus honorum comprises Roman consul[9].
  • cursus honorum comprises ordinary consul[10].
  • cursus honorum comprises consul suffectus[11].
  • cursus honorum comprises Roman censor[12].
  • cursus honorum comprises ancient Roman senator[13].
  • cursus honorum comprises Roman governor[14].
  • cursus honorum's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cursus honorum[15].
  • cursus honorum dates from the classical antiquity[16].
  • cursus honorum's practiced by is recorded as ancient Roman politician[17].
  • cursus honorum's practiced by is recorded as ancient Roman military personnel[18].

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Definition and Type

cursus honorum is a type of career[3].

Use and Application

Components include quaestor[5], a position[19], in Ancient Rome[20]; aedile[6], an elective office[21], in Ancient Rome[22]; tribune of the plebs[7], a position[23], in Ancient Rome[24]; praetor[8], an elective office[25], in Ancient Rome[26], founded in -0366[27]; Roman consul[9], an elective office[28], in Ancient Rome[29], founded in -0509[30]; and ordinary consul[10], a position[31], in Ancient Rome[32].

Why It Matters

cursus honorum ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,077 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33]

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · JAn Dudík · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts
    Subclass of career
    Topic's main category Category:Cursus honorum
    Practiced by ancient Roman politician, ancient Roman military personnel
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