Admissionales
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]
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.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "admissio". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. London: John Murray.