Editing Collegiality (section)

==In the Roman Republic==
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In the [[Roman Republic]], collegiality was the practice of having at least two people in each magistracy in order to divide power among several people and check their powers, both to prevent the rise of another king and to ensure more productive magistrates. Examples of Roman collegiality include the two [[Roman consul|consuls]] and [[Roman censor|censor]]s, six ''[[praetors]]'', eight ''[[quaestor]]s'', four ''[[aedile]]s'', ten [[tribunes]] and ''[[decemviri]]''.{{cn|date=November 2022}}

Exceptions include [[extraordinary magistrates]], [[Roman dictator|dictators]] and the ''[[magister equitum]]''.{{cn|date=November 2022}}