Note 429 — XCII (Q FR II, 1)
Evelyn S. (Evelyn Shirley) Shuckburgh translation
The senators not in office only spoke when called on (rogati). The consuls-designate (if there were any) were always called first, and then the consulars in order. To be called first was a subject of ambition, and an opportunity for the presiding magistrate to pay a compliment or the reverse.