members to elect an interrex. For this reason, as well as on account of the influence which the interrex exerted in the election of the magistrates, we find that the tribunes of the plebs were strongly opposed to the appointment of an interrex. The interrex had jurisdictio. It is possible that interreges were the only magistrates exempted from the veto power of a tribune - which would be exceptional, since even dictators were usually subject to the veto. Interreges continued to be appointed occasionally until the time of the Second Punic War. After that no interrex was appointed until the Senate, by command of Sulla, named L. Valerius Flaccus to hold the comitia for his election as Dictator in 82 BC. In 55 BC, another interrex was appointed to hold the comitia in which Pompey and Crassus were elected consuls. There were multiple interreges in 53 and 52 BC, the last known being Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir); in 52 an interrex held the comitia in which Pompey was appointed sole consul. The number of interreges during these two years was so high than Cicero ironised about it in a letter. List of Roman interreges (509 - 52 BC) Unless otherwise indicated, the names and dates of the interreges are taken from Thomas Broughton's The Magistrates of the Roman Republic. References Sources Ancient Roman titles Roman Kingdom Regents