comices meaning in English
n. comitia, a popular assembly in ancient rome having legislative or electoral duties
Examples
- The president of the Comitia Centuriata was usually a consul.
Le président des comices centuriates est généralement un consul. - The functions of the other assembly, the Calate Assembly, was purely religious.
Les fonctions de l’autre assemblée, les comices calates, sont purement religieuses. - The Calate Assembly ("Comitia Calata") was the oldest of the Roman assemblies.
Les comices calates (« assemblée calate ») sont la plus vieille des assemblées romaines. - The first Roman assembly, the 'comitia curiata', was founded during the early kingdom.
La première assemblée romaine, les comices curiates, est fondée au début de la monarchie.