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The '''''cursus honorum''''' ([[Caphiric Latin]] for ''''course of honors'''', or more colloquially ''''path of offices'''') is unique to Caphirian culture and is a tenet of its society. It is the sequential order of public offices held by aspiring politicians. Historically, The ''cursus honorum'' is comprised a mixture of military and political administration posts but today it is purely political. To hold political office in the Imperium is considered a great honor and Caphirian political philosophy dictates that the essential members of government cannot be unskilled in solving moral or economic problems. A senator, consul, or even Imperator must have the theoretical and practical knowledge to adjudicate, legislate and lead. | The '''''cursus honorum''''' ([[Caphiric Latin]] for ''''course of honors'''', or more colloquially ''''path of offices'''') is unique to [[Culture of Caphiria|Caphirian culture]] and is a tenet of its society. It is the sequential order of public offices held by aspiring politicians in [[Caphiria]]. Historically, The ''cursus honorum'' is comprised a mixture of military and political administration posts but today it is purely political. To hold political office in the Imperium is considered a great honor and Caphirian political philosophy dictates that the essential members of government cannot be unskilled in solving moral or economic problems. A senator, consul, or even Imperator must have the theoretical and practical knowledge to adjudicate, legislate and lead. Each office has a minimum age for election and there are also minimum intervals between holding successive offices and laws forbidding repeating an office. Officially presented as opportunities for public service, the offices often became opportunities for self-aggrandizement and self-serving goals for ambitious politicians. | ||
To have held each office at the youngest possible age (''suo anno'', "in his own year") is considered a great political success. Caphirian society places extreme pride in being a ''novus homo'' ("new man"; comparable to a "self-made man"), or someone who manages to succeed through the ''cursus honorum'' despite not having any ties to the aristocracy. This emphasis on the self-made man - that success lies within the person himself and not with outside conditions - | To have held each office at the youngest possible age (''suo anno'', "in his own year") is considered a great political success. Caphirian society places extreme pride in being a ''novus homo'' ("new man"; comparable to a "self-made man"), or someone who manages to succeed through the ''cursus honorum'' despite not having any ties to the aristocracy. This emphasis on the self-made man - that success lies within the person himself and not with outside conditions - is an archetype and cultural ideal of Caphiria. | ||
Every future Caphirian citizen starts his or her career with a physical and musical education in youth. The wealthiest families will have private caretakers for their children though the result is much the same. At the age of 11, most young patricians go into privately-owned schools. Their lessons must abide by the national standards of the imperial education system but their smaller class sizes allow greater attention from the teachers and their access to materials, like holographic orreries or virtual reality lessons, provides many rare opportunities for students. | Every future Caphirian citizen starts his or her career with a physical and musical education in youth. The wealthiest families will have private caretakers for their children though the result is much the same. At the age of 11, most young patricians go into privately-owned schools. Their lessons must abide by the national standards of the imperial education system but their smaller class sizes allow greater attention from the teachers and their access to materials, like holographic orreries or virtual reality lessons, provides many rare opportunities for students. | ||
== Education == | == Education == | ||
== Military service == | == Military service == | ||
== Early political career == | == Early political career == | ||
=== City prefect === | === City prefect === | ||
=== Prefect === | === Prefect === | ||
=== Numerarius === | === Numerarius === | ||
=== Adjutores === | === Adjutores === | ||
=== Praetor === | === Praetor === | ||
== Parliamentary career == | == Parliamentary career == | ||
=== Consul === | === Consul === | ||
=== Proconsul Maioris === | === Proconsul Maioris === | ||
=== Proconsul Oppositio === | === Proconsul Oppositio === | ||
=== Proconsul pro tempore === | === Proconsul pro tempore === | ||
=== First Consul === | === First Consul === | ||
=== Senator === | === Senator === | ||
=== Praevisus Senatus === | === Praevisus Senatus === | ||
=== Princeps Senatus === | === Princeps Senatus === | ||
=== First Tribune === | === First Tribune === | ||
=== Plebeian Tribune === | === Plebeian Tribune === | ||
=== Censor === | === Censor === | ||
=== Council of Supreme Judges === | === Council of Supreme Judges === | ||
=== Prime Minister === | === Prime Minister === | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||