Nero's grandfather, when only Aedile, had compelled the censor to give place to him; he had produced Roman matrons in pantomime, and given gladiatorial shows with such profusion of cruelty, as to shock that not very tender-hearted age.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
He likewise instigated the tribunes of the people to prosecute a corrupt Aedile for extortion, and to desire the senate to appoint judges for his trial.
"Titus Flavius Domitianus (Domitian) The Lives Of The Twelve Caesars, Volume 12."
C. Suetonius Tranquillus
The first honorable office he aspired to was that of Aedile, which he carried against twelve competitors of such merit, that all of them in process of time were consuls.
"Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans"
Clough, Arthur Hugh