institution
Decuriones
the decurions
also: decurionibus
The town councillors of a Roman municipality, the local senate that governed civic affairs and assigned public land and building works.
Reading notes
- The Letters §10.8.2 decurions
The town councillors of a municipality, who assigned public land and oversaw civic building.
- The Letters §10.113.1 entrance-fee for the decurionate
The honorarium decurionatus, a sum paid on admission to a town council; Trajan leaves its imposition to each city's law and custom.