The old magistrature

Of the old republican magistrates the consuls, praetors and quaestors continued to exist, although very little remained of their former powers. The consulship was divested of all executive functions and came to be regarded as a purely honorary office.

The main function of the consuls, who were now nominated by the emperor at his discretion, was to give their name to the current year. Two consuls were appointed annually, one in Rome and the other in Constantinople, until 541 AD, when the consulship was abolished by Emperor Justinian. The praetors and quaestors were chosen from the ranks of the senators on the recommendation of the urban prefect. Eligibility for these magistracies was determined by the censuales, officials responsible for calculating the taxes imposed on senators and the preparation of taxation lists. After the disappearance of the jury-courts in the time of Septimius Severus the praetors were divested of their judicial functions and their role was limited to organising public games and festivals.^[1102]

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