Au service de l'honneur. Les appariteurs de magistrats romains. Archéologie edited by Hélène Cadell

edited by Hélène Cadell

le voyage commence autour des pyramides de Jean Balladur

At the same time as paying homage to a prestigious elder

to write a national epic in praise of Aeneas

in 1949 and 1950

Au service de l'honneur. Les appariteurs de magistrats romains. Archéologie edited by Hélène CadellIn Rome, under the Republic and at the beginning of the Empire, a magistrate could not exercise his responsibilities without his attendants. They were his voice (heralds or praecones), his bailiffs (viatores), his bodyguards (lictors), his hands and his memory (scribes). They surrounded the magistrate and carried out the multiple tasks required by the exercise of power. They were free men and citizens, in the service of the city, which paid them and