HŎNŌRES

the high offices of the state to which qualified individuals were called by the votes of the Roman citizens. The words “ magi stratus ” and “ honores ” are sometimes coupled together. The capacity of enjoying the honores was one of the distinguishing marks of citizenship. [ Civitas . ] Honor was distinguished from mun us . The latter was an office connected with the administration of the state, and was attended with cost ( sumptus ) but not with rank ( dignitas ). Honor was properly said deferri, dari ; mun us was said imponi . A person who held a magistrates might be said to discharge munera , but only as incident to the office, for the office itself was the honor . Such munera as these were public games and other things of the kind.