CENS

Latin abbreviation: Censor.

The censor was an officer in ancient Rome who was responsible for maintaining the census, supervising public morality, and overseeing certain aspects of the government 's finances. The censors ' regulation of public morality is the origin of the modern meaning of the words "censor" and "censorship."


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CEN or CENS - Censor, as is frequently read in the imperial titles of Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian. In the case of Vespasian we see the censorship joined with his third and fourth consulship, vis. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M P P COS III CENS(OR) - COS IIII CENS.


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