Weird senate office problem

[jaddemoss]

I've come across an issue with some of my FM holding onto their Senate office for more than a year. This happens very seldomly, but with my last two faction leaders, one held the office of consul for 5 consecutive years before dying of old age and my current leader has now held the office of censor for 6 years. In each year after he was first elected, the FM retained the office but their was no message that came up during the spring saying that he was re-elected. During those years the 2 FM did not get elected to any other office.

This is really starting to annoy me since I just noticed another one of my younger FM has now held the Tribunis Plebis office for 2 consecutive years. I am afraid that he will continually hold this position now and not have the option of attaining a higher position.

Has anyone come across this before? Does anyone have any suggestions for how I should fix it? Thanks.

[johnhughthom]

It's happened to me before, usually with censor, it doesn't happen often so I just roleplay some reason for an extended term. They always lose it eventually, never after more than four or five years.

[Macilrille]

The censorship differed from all other Roman magistracies in the length of office. The censors were originally chosen for a whole lustrum (the period of five years), but as early as ten years after its institution (433 BC) their office was limited to eighteen months by a law of the dictator Mamercus Aemilius Mamercinus (Livy iv.24, ix.33).


Perhaps that is it? Should not apply for Consulship though.

[||Lz3||]

Perhaps was chosen as dictator

[jaddemoss]

Thanks for the replies. I think it must be some kind of bug since none of my other FM who've obtained a consulship or censor position held it for more than one year consecutively. I was just curious to see if it has popped up on anyone else's game. I don't mind too much as long as it doesn't prevent my family members from getting future offices.

[Mediolanicus]

A bit off topic, but my Faction Leader just became consul a second time! I didn't know this was possible in the game (although it makes sense, there are many example of people who were consul multiple times), however it's the first time I saw that happen in EB.