PLUE111 Introduction to Law Practice Test

The key idea is weighted voting by wealth in the Roman Centuriate Assembly. Citizens were grouped into centuries, and each century had one vote. The centuries were arranged so that the wealthier classes controlled more centuries, giving them greater influence over decisions.

In this arrangement, the total number of centuries was 100. The landless poor, the proletarii, were placed into 18 of those centuries. Because the voting order starts with the wealthier centuries, the proletarii’ 18 centuries typically faced the outcome already determined by the first, wealthier centuries, limiting their practical influence.

So, the best answer reflects a 100-century assembly with 18 centuries allocated to the proletarii, illustrating how the structure diluted the voice of the landless poor.