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Cursus Honorum of the Roman Republic

Can you guess the offices that an ambitious young man would hold to climb the "cursus honorum" of the Roman Republic?
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Military Tribune
30
Quaestor
36
Aedile
39
Praetor
42
Consul
-
Governor
44
Censor
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Feb 13, 2017
The age requirements were two years lower for patricians. Also, technically there was no age requirement for the office of censor, but one need to be consul first, and then serve a year in provinces after a term as consul. In practice, this meant the required age was 44.

Of course, all these rules had exceptions