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Edictum
(1,697 words)
[German version] [1] Public announcement by magistrates
Edictum (from
edicere) is a binding public announcement by Roman office bearers (
magistratus ), which presented either concrete orders or a ‘governmental agenda’ [1. 58] for the coming term of office. The word suggests an originally oral announcement [2. 178], but the historically documented form is a recording on an
album (‘white wooden plate’) at the magistrate's office. Literary tradition refers to edicts by
consules ,
aediles ,
praetores , provincial governors, tribuni plebis (
tribunus ),
censores …
Source:
Brill’s New Pauly
