consul
Sign in to saveConsul (abbrev. cos.; Latin plural consules) was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states through antiquity and the Middle Ages, in particular in the Republics of Genoa and Pisa, then revived in modern states, notably in the First French Republic. The related adjective is consular, from the Latin consularis. In modern terminology, a consul is a type of diplomat.
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- Roman consul
- Other uses in antiquity
- Private sphere
- City-states
- Medieval city-states, communes and municipalities
- Republic of Genoa
- Republic of Pisa
- Other uses in the Medieval period
- French Revolution
- French Republic 1799–1804
- Bolognese Republic, 1796
- Roman Republic, 1798–1800
- Revolutionary Greece, 1821
- Paraguay, 1813–1844
- Modern uses of the term
- See also
- Sources and references
Consul (abbrev. cos.; Latin plural consules) was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states through antiquity and the Middle Ages, in particular in the Republics of Genoa and Pisa, then revived in modern states, notably in the First French Republic. The related adjective is consular, from the Latin consularis. In modern terminology, a consul is a type of diplomat.
==Roman consul==
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