Topic summary
Comitia
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Roman assemblies.
Comitia
A comitia was an assembly summoned to make a decision, about whom should be elected, whether a law should be passed, war and peace, or guilt. Most commonly during the republic, comitia were used for electoral purposes and the word comitia in Latin was used a metonymy for them. This contrasted with contiones (sing.contio) where nothing was enacted.