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Definition of Aediles
1. aedile [n] - See also: aedile
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aediles
Literary usage of Aediles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A School Dictionary of Greek & Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1851)
"The aediles had to see that the public lands were not improperly used, and that
the pasture grounds of the state v/ere not trespassed on ..."
2. A manual of Roman antiquities by William Wardlaw Ramsay (1863)
"146,) it was agreed that, in addition to the Tribunes, two Plebeian magistrates
should be elected annually under the name of aediles. ..."
3. Roman History and Mythology by Henry Arthur Sanders (1910)
"Usurers were prosecuted by curule aediles. 4) 35, 41. ... Marcus Fulvius was
prosecuted by plebeian aediles for stuprum and was acquitted. 11) 10, 31. ..."
4. Roman Law in the Modern World by Charles Phineas Sherman (1922)
"The aediles continued during the Early Empire as late as the reign of Alexander
Severus, but they had been transformed into insignificant officials.105 ..."
5. A Manual of Roman Antiquities by Charles Anthon (1851)
"The aediles had, moreover, to see that the public lands were not improperly used,
and that the pasture grounds of the state were not trespassed on; ..."
6. Cicero: A Sketch of His Life and Works by Hannis Taylor, Mary Lillie Taylor Hunt (1916)
"... aediles a» assistants of tribunes. Making of the code of the Twelve Tables.
Published by the consuls of 448 BC to the consuls.46 Not until 462 Bc did ..."
7. Roman Public Life by Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge (1901)
"21, 1, 40-42 (from the edict of the curule aediles) "ne quis canem, ... 9 For
this there is no dire,i evidence, but the aediles complain about tbe ..."
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