- The
frumentarii were an
ancient Roman military and
secret police organization used as an
intelligence agency. They
began their history as a
courier service...
- Navicella) and
provides further evidence of the
spread of the barracks'
frumentarii across the provinces. It has been
claimed by some authors, as the name...
-
secret service of the Empire, made up of
peregrine milites such as the
frumentarii and the speculatores. The
soldiers of the legions, who
stationed in the...
- also
served as
political police.
Although they were
replaced by the
frumentarii as
police in the
third century. As bodyguards, they were
tasked with...
-
various sizes who were
typically allowed to
settle within the empire.
Frumentarii –
Officials of the
Roman Empire during the 2nd and 3rd era.
Often used...
- the rule of
Marcelo Caetano Taiwan Garrison Command Agentes in
rebus Frumentarii Cohors Praetoria (SPQR) (Praetorian Guard) An
ancient Roman institution...
- harvests, and
manpower by the
predatory agents of the late
Roman state (see
frumentarii, publicani). The
Panegyric of Maximian,
dating to 289 AD and attributed...
-
describe Hadrian's
occasional recourse to a
network of informers, the
frumentarii, to
discreetly investigate persons of high
social standing, including...
- the late 3rd century, when they
replaced the
earlier and much-detested
frumentarii. The
central imperial administration still needed couriers, and the agentes...
-
large number of such names: the
negotiatores vestiarii for clothing,
frumentarii for grain,
salsari leguminari for the
salted vegetable concession, and...
