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
The Augustales shared with the members of the Curia the heavy burdens which public sentiment then imposed upon the rich.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
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 Marc Monnier
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 Arthur Edward Romilly Boak
In almost every district of the Roman Empire the order of the Augustales, which was composed to a great extent of wealthy freedmen,608 has left its memorials.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
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