Talk:Aedile

Curule Aediles

Since Curule aedili held Imperium, is there an example in the Roman history of an aedile actually commanding an army? --Chino 06:28, 1 Apr 2005 (UTC)

There is no evidence that curule aediles held imperium. I believe that information on the cursus honorum page to be incorrect. CaesarGJ 1/13/06

Cereales

"In 44 BC Julius Caesar added two plebeian aediles, called Cereales, whose special duty was the care of the cereal (corn) supply." How did a New World crop (corn?) end up in Italy in 44 BC? 98.201.155.215 (talk) 01:51, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

As often in discussing the ancient world, 'corn' is a generic word meaning 'grain', usually wheat, sometimes barley. It continued to have this meaning in Europe well into the 20th century, where American 'corn' would be called 'maize'. It's only fairly recently that usage has begun to change in Europe. 2607:EA00:101:3817:9D0E:61C6:620C:45D9 (talk) 18:15, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

Pronounciation?

Pronounciation? 87.10.129.135 14:08, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Added pronunciation from OED. Ifly6 (talk) 17:53, 18 August 2025 (UTC)

Plebeian Aediles sacrosanct

The plebeian aediles enjoyed the same sacrosanctity as the tribuni plebis -- see H.Malcovati ORF (Oratorum Romanorum Fragmenta Liberae Rei Publicae), ed.4 1976, no.8 M.Porcius Cato fr.219 (p.89) Appietas (talk) 06:26, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Aediles in the municipiae

This text focuses largely on the aediles of Rome itself (understandably). However it was also an important function in municipiae (see Lex Irnitana). I think this should be mentioned since it explains why mayors in the latin world are still referred to as edil. Kleuske (talk) 10:24, 8 September 2013 (UTC)

So municipal aedile is another article then. - Eponymous-Archon (talk) 01:58, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

I added material on municipal aediles to this article in my rewrite. Ifly6 (talk) 17:46, 18 August 2025 (UTC)

Suggestion - split

The two sets of aediles really belong on different pages. They're different offices, with different histories and different responsibilities. It's just confusing to have them on the same page. - Eponymous-Archon (talk) 01:55, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

The cursus honorum page states that the aedile position required a minimum age of 36. This is not cited, but assuming it is correct and that the Romans actually followed this rule, I suggest we a) bring the information from that paragraph into this article, and b) remove the word "young" from this article. Thirty-six as a minimum seems solidly adult for Roman times. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.65.142.141 (talk) 13:07, 22 November 2018 (UTC)

Despription of powers partly wrong

The first paragraph ("(1) Care of the city: the repair and preservation of temples,...") describes the powers and responsibilities of Censors, not Aediles. About them, Cicero only writes: "Suntoque aediles curatores urbis annonae ludorumque sollemnium ollisque ad honoris amplioris gradum is primus ascensus esto." The following paragraph of de legibusis wrongly attributed to Aediles here and needs to be corrected. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2a71:199:2300:cc94:2e1a:b5ef:7775 (talk • contribs) 02:80, 3 July 2021 (UTC)

Pushed rewrite

I pushed a rewrite from User:Ifly6/Aedile a few minutes ago. Ifly6 (talk) 17:46, 18 August 2025 (UTC)