tribune

Tribune (Latin tribunus , from tribus , subdivisions of the Roman people) was the name of various political and military officials in the Roman Empire. The office they held is called the tribunate .

• People's tribune ( tribunus plebis ), a magistrate, that is, an elected political office holder
• Aerartribun ( tribunus aerarii ), originally an official in the Roman Republic who paid soldiers out of the state treasury
• Military Tribune ( tribunus militum ), a senior officer in the Roman army

Tribune was revived as a designation in the Middle Ages and in the Napoleonic period:

• Tribune (Venice)
• Cola di Rienzo (1313–1354), the “last tribune” of Rome
• Tribunate (France) , one of the two legislative organs of the French consular constitution of 1799

See also:

• tribunal

Wiktionary: Tribun  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wiktionary: Tribunat  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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