Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Augustales

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

AUGUSTA'LES. An order of priests instituted by Augustus, and selected from the class of freed-men, whose duty it was to superintend the religious ceremonies connected with the worship of the Lares Compitales, deities who presided over the cross roads, to whom it was customary to erect a shrine at the spot where these roads met. Pet. Sat. 30. 2. Orelli, Inscr. 3959. Schol. Vet. ad Hor. Sat. ii. 3. 281.

2. Sodales Augustales, or simply Augustales. An order of priests instituted by Tiberius, to superintend the divine honours paid to Augustus and the Julian family. The body consisted of twenty-one persons selected from the principal Roman families. Tac. Ann. i. 15. and 54. Reines. Inscr. i. 12.