Though this was an inauspicious position, it  qualified him to stand for election to become an aedile and after several failed attempts  he finally obtained that office in 38 AD.

尽管这是一个不吉利的职位，但他有资格竞选成为行政长官， 在几次失败的尝试后， 他终于在公元 38 年获得了这一职位。

Rather Rome was a republic throughout these centuries, one primarily ruled by the Senate  and a number of magistrates such as the consuls, aediles, praetors and quaestors who were elected  for set terms.

相反，罗马在这几个世纪中一直是一个共和国，主要由元老院和一些地方法官统治， 例如执政官、总督、行政长官和财务官，这些法官是按规定任期选举产生的。