Editing Aedile (section)

===Curule aediles===
According to [[Livy]] (vi. 42), after the passing of the [[Lex Licinia Sextia|Licinian rogations]] in 367 BC, an extra day was added to the Roman games; the plebeian aediles refused to bear the additional expense, whereupon the patricians offered to undertake it, on condition that they were admitted to the aedileship. The plebeians accepted the offer, and accordingly two curule aediles were appointed—at first from the patricians alone, then from patricians and plebeians in turn, lastly, from either—at the [[Tribal Assembly]] under the presidency of the consul.<ref name="EB1911"/> Curule aediles, as formal magistrates, held certain honors that plebeian aediles (who were not technically magistrates), did not hold. 

Besides having the right to sit on a [[curule seat]] (''sella curulis'') and to wear a [[toga|toga praetexta]], the curule aediles also held the power to issue edicts (''jus edicendi''). These edicts often pertained to matters such as the regulation of the public markets, or what we might call "economic regulation".<ref>Cic. Verr. V.14</ref> [[Livy]] suggests, perhaps incorrectly, that both curule as well as plebeian Aediles were sacrosanct.<ref name="Liv. III.55"/> Although the curule aediles always ranked higher than the plebeian, their functions gradually approximated and became practically identical.<ref name="EB1911"/> Within five days after the beginning of their terms, the four aediles (two plebeian, two curule) were required to determine, by lot or by agreement among themselves, what parts of the city each should hold jurisdiction over.<ref>''[[Tabula Heracleensis]]'', ed. Alessio Simmacho Mazzocchi</ref>