Interrex

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 1 §17 interrex

  A senator wielding supreme power for five days at a time during an interregnum.

• The History of Rome, Book 3 §8 interregnum

  The stopgap office of interrex, held in turn by senators for a few days each when there were no curule magistrates, until consuls could be elected.

• The History of Rome, Book 4 §7 an interrex

  A patrician appointed for five days at a time to hold elections when there were no curule magistrates.

• The History of Rome, Book 5 §18 the interrex

  The senator who, for five days at a time, held the auspices and conducted elections when the regular magistrates had lapsed.

• The History of Rome, Book 6 §41 an interrex

  The senator who, for five days at a time, held the auspices and conducted elections when the magistrates had lapsed; a power, Appius says, the patricians alone possess.

• The History of Rome, Book 7 §17 an interregnum

  The interval, between magistrates, in which patrician interreges held office in turn (five days each) to hold elections.

• The History of Rome, Book 8 §3 an interregnum

  The stop-gap rule by a succession of 'interreges' when both consulships fell vacant, until new consuls could be elected.

• The History of Rome, Book 22 §34 interreges

  Patrician senators who held the auspices in turn during an interregnum to hold elections.

• The History of Rome, Book 41 §14 interrex

  A patrician who held office for five days at a time to conduct elections when there were no consuls.