[37] See p. [79].

[38] Two Plebeian Consuls were first appointed in B.C. 172, and two Plebeian Censors in B.C. 131.

[39] See p. [31].

[40] Hence their name, from Ædes, a temple.

[41] This was done by the well-known formula "Videant," or "Dent operam Consules, ne quid res publica detriment capiat."

[42] These farmers of the public revenue were called Publicani.

[43] It is not easy to define with accuracy the respective duties of the Censors and Ædiles in relation to the public buildings; but it may be stated in general that the superintendence of the Ædiles was more in the way of police, while that of the Censors had reference to all financial matters.

[44] A Senatus consultum was so called because the Consul who brought a matter before the Senate was said Senatum consulere.

[45] See p. [19].

[46] The technical word for this appeal was Provocatio. The word Appellatio signified an appeal from one magistrate to another.