Aediles (Nova Roma)

Welcome to All Citizens of Nova Roma from the Aediles

Welcome to the portal page for all Aedile activities in Nova Roma. Here you can find information about the Ludi of this year, as well as Conventus Information, current and future Public Works Projects and more. Join one of our racing factios and gladiatorial schools today, and compete in our annual Ludi. We also have an international humanities competition for those who are more culturally-inclined. Learn more about aediles...

Current Aediles in Nova Roma

There are in total four aediles, two "curule aediles" and two "plebeian aediles" in Nova Roma. They are elected each year and serve one year terms. All candidates must be assidui and additionally only plebeians may run for plebeian aedile.

The current aediles M. Metello D. Aurelio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXIX a.u.c. are:

• M. Caecina Maxentius Conditor, aedilis curulis
• C. Aemilius Iohannes Serdicensis, aedilis curulis
• Q. Cornelius Rufus, aedilis plebis
• Q. Annia Corvina, aedilis plebis

Tasks and duties

Aediles are magistrates charged with maintaining public services, protecting the public safety and overseeing marketplaces. Their most visible function is in the staging of public games (ludi). These are their tasks and duties according to our Constitution (IV.1.4 and IV.1.4):

• Cultural life, festivals and celebrations

• Organizing the Ludi: organizing and supervising our festivals and cultural events
• Annual public religious celebrations

• Public market and commerce

• Marketplace: regulating trade inside Nova Roma, our marketplace, which includes every venue where our official vendors are engaged in commerce within Nova Roma property.

• Public infrastructure and public order

• Forums: ensuring public order and official policies on the official forums
• State properties maintenance: physical properties and online infrastructure, including all websites and forums of Nova Roma
• Aedilician court: administering justice within their scope of supervision and authority
• Media Services: connecting Nova Romans through a variety of media platforms

• Additional tasks

• Aedilician Fund: a fund for financing Nova Roma specific projects, as approved by the Senate of Nova Roma.
• Awards for exemplary activity in Nova Roma: a program to provide citizens with tangible rewards for active participation in events and projects within the res publica, including online activities, as well

The Ludi

Organized by curule aediles:

• Ludi Novi Romani
• Ludi Megalenses
• Ludi Romani

Organized by plebeian aediles:

• Ludi Ceriales
• Ludi Plebeii

(Note: Festival and Ludi Days to be determined by the Calendar)

Other Public Events in M. Metello D. Aurelio cos. ‡ MMDCCLXXIX a.u.c.

• EVENTS TO BE ANNOUNCED

Past Aediles in Nova Roma

• Directory of all previous curule and plebeian aediles

Aedilician Archives

• Aedilitas curulis archives
• Aedilitas plebis archives

Aediles in Roma Antiqua

The name "aedile" is said to come from their having the care of the temple (aedes) of Ceres. The first aediles, created in 494 BC, were plebeian ones. They were the assistants of the tribunes in such matters as the tribunes entrusted to them, including the hearing of causes of smaller importance.

The aediles curules, who were also two in number, were originally chosen only from the patricians, afterwards alternately from the patricians and the plebs, and at last indifferently from both (Liv. 7,1). The office of aediles curules was instituted B.C. 365, and, according to Livy on the occasion of the plebeian aediles refusing to consent to celebrate the ludi maximi for the space of four days instead of three; upon which a senatus consultum was passed, by which two aediles were to be chosen from the patricians. From this time four aediles, two plebeii and two curules, were annually elected (Liv. 6,42).

They had the general superintendence of buildings, both sacred and private: under this power they provided for the support and repair of temples, curiae etc, and took care that private buildings which were in a ruinous state were repaired by the owners, or pulled down. The superintendence over the supply and distribution of water at Rome was, at an early period, a matter of public administration: this was the duty of the censores; but when there were no censores, it was within the province of the aediles. The care of each particular source or supply was farmed to undertakers, and all that they did was subject to the approbation of the censors or the aediles (De Aquaeduct. Rom. lib. ii).

The care of the streets and pavements, with the cleansing and draining of the city, belonged to the aediles, and the care of the cloacae. They had the office of distributing corn among the plebs. The aediles had to see that the public lands were not improperly used, and that the pasture-grounds of the state were not trespassed on; and they had power to punish by fine any unlawful act in this respect. The fines were employed in paving roads, and in other public purposes.

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Selected Links

• Aediles in Roma Antiqua
• Roman games
• Roman chariot racing
• Gladiatorial games
• Animals in arena
• Roman ball games
• Roman board games

Racing Factions, Gladiatorial Schools and Ludi Championship Pages

Racing Factiones:

• Factio Albata - The Whites
• Factio Praesina - The Greens
• Factio Russata- The Reds
• Factio Veneta - The Blues

Gladiatorial Schools:

• Ludus Albatus - The Whites
• Ludus Praesinus - The Greens
• Ludus Russatus- The Reds
• Ludus Venetus - The Blues

Championship Pages:

• Circenses Championship
• Gladiatorial Championship
• Cultural Championship