Topic: Samnitic Government

[Meddix Tuticus]

Hello,

I'm a bit confused on the governemnt on the ancient Samnites.  Could someone explain to me the tuoto system, and perhaps share some info on the major Samnitic offices like the Meddix Tuticus, Meddix Prior, etc.(or maybe just tell me the Roman equivelant office)?

Any help is greatly appreciated,
Josh

[Strategy]

Apologies for not getting to this earlier.

As is often the case with many of the Mediteranean governments, information on how they actually functioned is sketchy and unclear. Two sources with some info on this is LacusCurtius and David Monaco's homepage on the Samnites:

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Medix_Tuticus.html

http://xoomer.virgilio.it/davmonac/sanniti/smmeddixy.html