Around the end of the third century BC, centuriate assemblies
underwent an important reform. The number of first-class infantry
centuries dropped from eighty to seventy. Since the number of
equestrian centuries remained at eighteen, this meant that from then
on the votes of eight centuries of the second census class were
needed to reach a majority. This was also the period in which the
custom of drawing the prerogative century by lot was adopted.
Prior to this reform, the eighteen equestrian centuries voted first.
They may have been known collectively as the primo vocatae, the
first called. After the reform, only one century was invited to vote
first.12 The prerogative century was determined by lot from among
the first-class infantry centuries. The result of its vote was announced
immediately, before the other centuries had begun voting
(which they continued to do in hierarchical order, the equestrian
centuries first, then the first-class infantry centuries, and so on).
Around the end of the third century BC, centuriate assemblies
underwent an important reform. The number of first-class infantry
centuries dropped from eighty to seventy. Since the number of
equestrian centuries remained at eighteen, this meant that from then
on the votes of eight centuries of the second census class were
needed to reach a majority. This was also the period in which the
custom of drawing the prerogative century by lot was adopted.
Prior to this reform, the eighteen equestrian centuries voted first.
They may have been known collectively as the primo vocatae, the
first called. After the reform, only one century was invited to vote
first.12 The prerogative century was determined by lot from among
the first-class infantry centuries. The result of its vote was announced
immediately, before the other centuries had begun voting
(which they continued to do in hierarchical order, the equestrian
centuries first, then the first-class infantry centuries, and so on).
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