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
But the leading Augustales seem to have been quite as generous to the other corporations who placed themselves under their patronage.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
His ambition had to be satisfied with admission to the order of the Augustales, which ranked socially after the members of the Curia.
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
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
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