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ادیل (روم)
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An (English: ) was a magistrate in the Roman Republic who had responsibilities for the upkeep of the city, such as its buildings, roads, and markets; the availability of grain at reasonable prices; and the holding of games. It also had some judicial functions, being able to issue fines and corporal punishments with an additional right to prosecute crimes before the assemblies, but by the middle republic was mostly an office used for distributing largesse to win the officeholder popular acclaim.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- Roman magistrate
- Part of
- cursus honorum
- Country
- Ancient Rome
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- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- native label
- aedilis, is
- time period
- classical antiquity
- applies to jurisdiction
- Ancient Rome
- topic's main category
- Category:Roman aediles
- prerequisite
- quaestor
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