Augustales
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of Augustales
Example Sentences
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The young man was found dead in a small room near the entrance to the Hall of the Augustales, a civic order of freedmen, a bit like a freemason lodge.
From Salon • Mar. 4, 2025
Like Julius Caesar, Augustus was deified, and a priestly college of Augustales, chosen from the senatorial order was founded to maintain his worship in Rome.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
The Augustales referred to in the latter passage were a higher class of Exceptores.
From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Hodgkin, Thomas
The origin of the order of the Augustales was long a subject of debate.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
She had a miniature Senate, composed of decurions; an aristocracy in epitome, represented by the Augustales, answering to knights; and then came her plebs or common people.
From The Wonders of Pompeii by Monnier, Marc
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