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The plebeian games were thrice repeated entire by the plebeian aediles, Lucius Apustius Fullo, and Quintus Minucius Rufus; the latter of whom was, from the aedileship, elected praetor.

From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Livius, Titus

Eventually, the curule aedileship also was opened to them, and was held by patricians and plebeians in alternate years.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

Clodius was at this moment the popular candidate for the aedileship, the second step on the road to the consulship.

From Caesar: a Sketch by Froude, James Anthony

The curule aediles, Caius Laetorius, and Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus consul elect, who during his aedileship had been master of the horse, celebrated the Roman games, which were repeated for three days.

From The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 by Livius, Titus

From the quaestorship the official career of the senator led through the regular magistracies, the aedileship or tribunate, and the praetorship, to the consulship.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly