[Discuss] Titles in Republics

[Samuel Knowlton]

This has always been a pet peeve of mine, and I can't remember if I've 
posted about it before. Apologies if I have.

The government titles in a Republic sound to me extremely modern. I know 
'Republic' is in some ways ahead of its time (and/or behind it, looking at 
Rome) in a Medieval setting, but that's why we slap on a lot of feudal 
elements. Though feudal republics aren't copies of the Roman Republic, they 
are more closely aligned to them - a mixture of Oligarchy and Democracy - 
than anything else.

I wonder what everyone would think about some actual throwbacks to the Roman 
Republic, or else simply provide some alternatives to the current structure? 
For example:

Roman bent:

Prime Minister - Consul, Praetor, or Prefect
General: Magister Militum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magister_militum) or 
Legatus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legatus)
Banker: Quaestor
Judge: I like Grand Justiciar, but just to throw up here: Princeps senatus 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeps_senatus) -- Interestingly, 
Theocracies already use the Roman office of Pontifex Maximus

Another direction would be medieval Republics such as Genoa or Venice, but I 
don't know anything about their government systems.





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