Augustales

[aw-guh-stey-leez]

plural noun

1. local officials, usually freedmen, appointed in various towns for the worship of deified emperors.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Augustales¹

< Latin, plural of Augustālis. See Augustus, -al ¹

Example Sentences

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

In the 1960s, archaeologists found the man’s bones while digging through a structure belonging to the College of the Augustales, an imperial order devoted to the Roman emperor Augustus.

From Washington Post

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 Project Gutenberg

On the distinction between the Augustales and the Seviri Aug. v.

From Project Gutenberg

Marq. says, scheinen die Augustales als lebenslängliche Mitglieder des Collegiums, die Seviri als jährlich wechselnde Beamte desselben zu betrachten zu sein.1231.Marq. i.

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