 The ancient Roman Republic featured a system of elected magistrates—tribunes of the plebs, aediles, quaestors, praetors, and consuls —who served a single term of one year, with re-election to the same magistracy forbidden for ten years "(see cursus honorum)".According to historian Garrett Fagan, office holding in the Roman Republic was based on "limited tenure of office" which ensured that "authority circulated frequently", helping to prevent corruption.An additional benefit of the "cursus honorum" or "Run of Offices" was to bring the "most experienced" politicians to the upper echelons of power-holding in the ancient republic.