Augustales
[aw-guh-stey-leez]
- local officials, usually freedmen, appointed in various towns for the worship of deified emperors.
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Origin of Augustales
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Deputati.The first fifteen were called Deputati, the others were apparently known simply as Augustales.
The Letters of CassiodorusCassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)
Augustales, highest class of Exceptores (shorthand writers), 104 n, 110; xi.
The Letters of CassiodorusCassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)
The Augustales referred to in the latter passage were a higher class of Exceptores.
The Letters of CassiodorusCassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator)