aedileship

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aedileship

(ˈiːdaɪlʃɪp)

the office of an aedile, or the duration of an aedile's term of office

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This single act of independence indeed makes him for me most worthy not only of the aedileship but even of the consulship.

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In the year of his aedileship, he was asked by the Sicilians to be their attorney against their former governor Verres.

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(6) Of course, that tradition may have been established by Sulla himself to romanticise his younger days, but it is certainly possible that Sulla avoided canvassing for the aedileship in about 98 because he did not have much money to throw around.

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