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3 - The Attendant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 September 2020

Benjamin Hartmann
Benjamin Hartmann
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Universität Zürich
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The chapter traces the origins of Roman civil service and the office of the scriba in Etruscan models and tries to understand the workings of decurial organisation, i.e. the recruitment, assignment and organisation of the public scribal apparitores. It postulates a high susceptibility of the system to the Roman phenomenon of patronage and social relations.

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civil serviceapparitor, Etruscansmagistratedecuriaordocollegiummunicipal administrationfleetpatronage
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The Scribes of Rome
A Cultural and Social History of the <I>Scribae</I>
 , pp. 61 - 93
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • The Attendant
  • Benjamin Hartmann, Universität Zürich
  • Book: The Scribes of Rome
  • Online publication: 22 September 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108656917.004
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  • The Attendant
  • Benjamin Hartmann, Universität Zürich
  • Book: The Scribes of Rome
  • Online publication: 22 September 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108656917.004
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  • The Attendant
  • Benjamin Hartmann, Universität Zürich
  • Book: The Scribes of Rome
  • Online publication: 22 September 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108656917.004
Available formats
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