Aedile
Ancient Rome had the most advanced set of laws of its time. While other civilizations were still following an eye for an eye, Rome had a fair and just legal system. Another position in roman law was aedile. An aedile was responsible for games and the maintenance of the temples. There were two classes of aediles; plebeian aediles and curulian aediles. At first aediles were superintendents of markets. Later on aediles became in charge of the maintenance of temples and public buildings and the organization of games. Aediles were also in charge of the water and food supplies of Rome. As superintendents, aediles became judges for disputes among merchants. The minimum age needed to be an aedile was thirty-seven years of age. As time went by aediles were useless because there jobs were given to other magistrates.
Praetor
A praetor was Roman magistrate for the administration of justice. A praetor was also responsible of a province for two years to prevent corruption. The office was only open to patricians but later it was offered to plebeians. In order to even hold this position they had to be forty years of age. Every time when a territory was conquered a new praetor was appointed for the newly acquired portion of land.
Consuls
To aid to the running of the empire, the Roman Republic elected officials for the place of consul and other positions. There could only be two consuls elected per year. To be able to run for consul the minimum age requirement was forty-three years of age. Consuls were eligible to run for a second term after their first, but there would had to be a ten year wait period to run again. This rule was later broken by Gaius Marius, Julius Caesar, and Octavian. In order to even campaign for consul they had to have been a propraetor. A propraetor was a roman magistrate that was in charge of land but his time of service was prolonged. Mostly the position of consul was given to aristocrats but in the 360s the position was open to plebeians. At this time the term "consul" was used as the name for this political position.
Lictors
A lictor is a bodyguard that was employed to safeguard roman magistrates. There weapon of defense was a long rod with an axe on the end. Depending on the rank of a particular magistrate there would be a different number of lictors defending that magistrate. Since consuls were the supreme of the roman magistrates they had a total of twelve lictors guarding them. On unique occasions there would be a need for additional protection; as an alternative of having twelve lictors, consuls would have thirteen or fourteen lictors, depending on the situation. When a dictator was selected there would be twenty-four lictors guarding him as a sign of power over both consuls. Lictors did not guard aediles even though they were roman magistrates. Propraetors were guarded by six lictors and the commander of the legion the propraetor governed had five lictors to show they were second in command. Lictors could also be compared to the police we have today. They were considered the roman police force; they were in charge of arresting and punishing people. Lictors also had tedious jobs such as knocking on doors and opening gates for their magistrates. In order to be a lictor a man had to be strong and free; for their service they were paid 600 sesterces, roman currency.
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