After a woodcut in Terence's Comoediae published by Johanes Trechsel in Lyons, 1493.
The aediles are judges, but their exact role is disputed: they may have judged the performance's quality or they may have been on the lookout for politically incorrect sentiments. They certainly don't seem pre-occupied with morality, as the theater is depicted above a brothel (fornices literally translates as "arches"). Was the theater district ever thus? The stage itself is the procoenium.

Image restored by redrawing and digitally printed in an open edition. Available in black ink only.