institution
Comitia
the elections
also: comitia, comitiis
The Roman popular assemblies that formally elected magistrates; by Pliny's day a vestige, but Trajan honored it by appearing in person as a candidate on the Campus Martius.
Reading notes
- The Letters §3.20.2 the elections
The senate's elections of magistrates, here conducted by written ballot.
- Panegyric to Trajan §63 your own elections
The comitia, the popular assemblies that elected magistrates on the Campus Martius; by the principate a formality, but Trajan appeared in person as a candidate, honoring the old form.