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I believe the age limit was, at least in part, an attempt to immitate the Cursus Honorum of Rome - where to become Consul you were supposed to go through a series of lower posts and therefore couldn't really get that high up before a certain age. But even then, it was very prestigious for a Roman to be Consul "in his year" (ie. as early as theoretically possible), rather than it being a lifetime achievement award.
I am intrigued as to their system of electing two of everything. I think that could help alleviate a lot of our problems. Two attorney generals, to secretaries of Agriculture or state, Etc.
More than anything though I think we should reestablish the Tribunate, vested with the power to veto government actions and offer sanctuary and all that.
Somehow I get the feeling it would end the same way the actual tribunate ended.
Well, the Tribunate helped curtail be Patricians excesses for 400 plus years. Quite a bit longer than we have as a country.
I think they got their first ones around 500 BC when the plebs did a general strike encamping to a hill.
Then they had another general strike what was it 300 BC ish where they got more tribunes and got some other reforms.
Point.