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