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The aediles in ancient Rome were responsible for protection of public buildings and regulation of public festivals. They also have the power to enforce public order.
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What shops would ancient Romans have near their houses?
Roman shops would sell everything and anything. While they had special places (fora) set aside for things such as meat, fish and vegetables, there was no law that said these things could not be sold elsewhere. All a merchant had to do was register with the local aedile. Some other things that were sold were spices, herbs, medicines, fabrics, jewelry, pottery and sculptures, leather goods, books, wines, fast food, and various services.
This was someone elected to represent the lower class of roman citizens?
senator...There was no specific official chosen to represent the upper class of Roman citizens. All the elected officials were supposed to represent all ranks of citizens equally, or at least give the appearance of doing so. If he did not, he would never get elected to any other office. However there was a pair of aediles, called the curule aediles who were chosen from the patrician class. They were the ones who were in charge of the public games, e Ludi Romani and the Megalerses.
What you two main career paths put before noble boys in rome?
The two main career path in public service for the noble young men were politics and public office or a service in the cavalry or as an officer in the army. The Roman executive officers of state were also politicians because they were elected annually (apart from the censors who were elected every 18 months). The Romans had a set career path along the ladder of public office which was called cursus honorum. This was a mixture of administrative posts in the military and political posts. it set out a progression from lower to higher posts, a minimum ages for his each post and, later, minimum intervals between holding successive offices, and restrictions of holding the same office again. It started a 10-year service in the cavalry or as an administrative office in the staff of military commanders. Well connected men sometimes served for less then 10 years. At the age of 30 you were allowed to stand for being elected as a quaestor. The minimum age for being an aedile was 39. To become a praetor you had to be 39, to become a consul you had to be 40 (42 for a commoner) and censor you had to have held the consulship first. It has to be noted that the offices of state were open to the commoners as well. Many nobles were keen on a career in politics and public office. A number of older noblemen also sat in the (unelected) senate.
