TIL en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursus_... #CursusHonorum (Latin for 'course of honors', or more colloquially #LadderOfOffices'; Latin: [ˈkʊrsʊs hɔˈnoːrũː]) was the sequential order of public offices held by aspiring politicians in the Roman Republic and the early Roman Empire.

Cursus honorum - Wikipedia