\paperw4395 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 \fs22 THE ORDINARY (ANNUAL) MAGISTRACIES\par
There were four kinds of ordinary magistracy with a period of office of one ye
ar. Two Consuls, magistrates elected to exercise the collegial function of head of state, command of the army, presidency of the various Comitia, and the execution of decisions taken by the Senate, and the Praetors, magistrates who were initially intende
d to have legal functions but who later became army commanders and governors as well.\par