Admissionales
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In ancient Rome, admissionales were Chamberlains at the imperial court, who introduced persons to the presence of the emperor.[1] They were divided into four classes; the chief officer of each class was called proximus admissionum.[2] The admissionales were usually freedmen.[3]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Lamprid. Augustan History, "Severus Alexander", 4; officium admissionis, Suetonius, Life of Vespasian, 14.
- ^ Ammianus Marcellinus Liber xv.5; Augustan History, "Life of Aurelian", 12.
- ^ Codex Theodosianus 6 tit. 2 s12; tit. 9 s2; tit. 35 s3.
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1870).
