Members of the local aristocracy in towns outside of rome were called what?

The members of the local aristocracy of the Roman Empire, who lived in towns outside Rome, such as municipia or colonies, were called decurions. The decurions were the most powerful political figures at the local level and holded the privilege to supervise local tax collection. Therefore, the decurions were part of the honestiores, the high cast of the Ancient Rome, which included the senators, the equites and the decurions.

the passage of a strict fugitive slave law

during the hitler era and it caused them to declare war on germany