Also included in the mos maiorum was the cursus honorum or course of offices, through which a Roman could rise politically.

同样包括在祖先的传统中也就是一系列的官职通过这一举措，罗马人可以提升政治地位。

It all started with the Latin noun cursus, which the Oxford English Dictionary defines as the " action of running, " a " path taken or to be followed, " and a " method of proceeding, " among other meanings.

这一切都始于拉丁语名词 “cursus”，《牛津英语词典》将其定义为“奔跑的动作”、“采取或遵循的道路”和“前进的方法”等含义。