 Their abilities to govern were only limited by the decrees of the Senate or the people's assemblies, and the Tribune of the Plebs was unable to veto their acts as long as the governor remained at least a mile outside of Rome.After a term as consul, the final step in the Cursus Honorum was the office of "censor".This was the only office in the Roman Republic whose term was a period of eighteen months instead of the usual twelve.