Curule in a sentence

It is believed to have been influenced by the Old French word "corole" or "curule," which meant curly or curled.

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

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

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

His posthumous honors included his name was placed into the following: the Carmen Saliare ; the Curule chairs ; placed as an honorary seat of the Brotherhood of Augustus and his coffin was crowned by oak-wreaths.

In 494 BC (very early in the Republican era ) the dictator Manius Valerius Maximus and his descendants were granted rights to a curule chair at the southeastern turn, an excellent viewpoint for the thrills and spills of chariot racing.

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

The censors possessed the official stool called a " curule chair " (sella curulis), Livy xl.45.

The elections for Curule Aedile were at first alternated between Patricians and Plebeians, until late in the 2nd century BC, when the practice was abandoned and both classes became free to run during all years.

The games of September were named Ludi Magni; originally they were not held every year, but later became the annual Ludi Romani Mommsen Römischen Forschungen II p. 42 ff. puts their founding on 366 BC at the establishment of the curule aedility.

The plebeian aediles were elected by the Plebeian Council and the curule aediles were either elected by the Tribal Assembly or appointed by the reigning consul.

The plebeians accepted the offer, and accordingly two curule aediles were appointed—at first from the patricians alone, then from patricians and plebeians in turn, lastly, from either—at the Tribal Assembly under the presidency of the consul.

The prestige attached to the curule chair granted Manius Valerius Maximus and his descendants in 494 BC would have been enhanced by its positioning close to this shrine.

This later changed, and both Plebeians and Patricians could stand for Curule Aedileship.

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

Within five days after the beginning of their terms, the four Aediles (two Plebeian, two Curule) were required to determine, by lot or by agreement among themselves, what parts of the city each should hold jurisdiction over.