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
Cornicularius, his position on the official staff of the Praetorian Praefect, 97; nature of his functions, 97-102; must be chosen from the Augustales, 110; Antianus vacates office of, xi.
From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Hodgkin, Thomas
Although they were steadily rising in importance and in strength of organisation, the provincial Augustales always ranked after the decurions of a town.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
After the local aristocracy of curial rank came, in order of social precedence, members of the knightly class and the order of the Augustales.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
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
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