curule

Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to a chariot.

Of or pertaining to a kind of chair appropriated to Roman magistrates and dignitaries; pertaining to, having, or conferring, the right to sit in the curule chair; hence, official.

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Than Timoleon's arms require, And Tully's curule chair, and Milton's golden lyre. Mark Akenside

Curule Aediles were added at a later date in the 4th century BC, and their duties do not differ substantially from plebeian aediles. Source: Internet

Also in 366 BC, the praetorship and curule aedileship were created. Source: Internet

Curule Aediles, as formal magistrates, held certain honors that Plebeian Aediles (who were not technically magistrates), did not hold. Source: Internet

Of these aediles, two were plebeian and two were patrician, with the patrician aediles called Curule Aediles. Source: Internet

V.14 Livy suggests, perhaps incorrectly, that both Curule as well as Plebeian Aediles were sacrosanct. Source: Internet

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