- A
curule seat is a
design of a (usually)
foldable and
transportable chair noted for its uses in
Ancient Rome and
Europe through to the 20th century. Its...
- this
office was
limited to plebeians; the
other two were "
curule aediles" (Latin:
aediles curules), open to both
plebeians and patricians, in alternating...
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Individuals given such
power were
referred to as
curule magistrates or promagistrates.
These included the
curule aedile, the praetor, the consul, the magister...
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election to
curule aedile. This
later changed, and both
plebeians and
patricians could stand for
curule aedileship. The
elections for
curule aedile were...
- via
transitio ad plebem, or were
descended from
plebeians who had held
curule offices. The
nobiles emerged after the
Conflict of the
Orders established...
-
representing inviolability, was worn by
children who had not come of age,
curule magistrates, and
state priests. Only the
emperor could wear an all-purple...
-
characteristic Roman chairs were of marble, also
adorned with sphinxes. The
curule chair was
originally very
similar in form to the
modern folding chair, but...
- generals, and the
broad stripe of the toga praetexta, worn by
senators and
curule magistrates, were d**** with
Tyrian purple. A
similar reference to togae...
-
governed Syria.
Ascending the
cursus honorum, he
threw magnificent games while curule aedile and
later served as praetor.
Receiving as his
province Sardinia,...
- censors,
consuls (who
functioned as the
regular head of state), praetors,
curule aediles, and
finally quaestor. Any
magistrate could obstruct (veto) an action...
