Athenian and Roman Term Limits

Term Limits

 

…Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, two early civilizations which had elected offices, both imposed limits on some positions.

 

In ancient Athenian democracy, no citizen could serve on the council of 500, or boule, for two consecutive annual terms, nor for more than two terms in his lifetime, nor be head of the boule more than once.

 

In the Roman Republic, a law was passed imposing a limit of a single term on the office of censor. The annual magistrates—tribune of the plebs, aedile, quaestor, praetor, and consul—were forbidden reelection until a number of years had passed.

 

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