===Under the Empire===Throughout the early years of the Principate although the consuls were still formally elected by the Comitia Centuriata, they were in fact nominated by the princeps.
Konzuli so svoje položaje uradno zasedli šele potem, ko je njihovo izvolitev potrdila višja kurijska skupščina ("comitia curiata") in jo uzakonila s posebnim zakonom "lex curiata de imperio".