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Consul facts for kids

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A consul could mean one of the following:

  • Roman consul, the highest office of the Roman Republic: two consuls were elected each year.
  • A modern post in diplomacy, an official who lives in another country to help his own country's citizens.

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  • Détail Annales 1413

    Portraits of the capitouls in the Handwritten Annals of the City of Toulouse

  • Alphonse de Poitiers 01

    In this painting, Alphonse, Count of Poitiers and Count of Toulouse takes an oath before the Consuls of the town of Agen, with his right hand on the town ordinances, committing himself to recognize the autonomy of the town's commune, while sitting on a pedestal. The consul administering the oath is forced to go on his knees, symbolizing Alphonse's lordship and the town's loyalty.

  • 3consuls

    A portrait of the three consuls, Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès, Napoleon Bonaparte and Charles-François Lebrun (left to right)

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