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词条 Ab epistulis
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  1. Notable Ab epistulis

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Ab epistulis was the chancellor's office in the Roman Empire with responsibility for the emperor's correspondence.[1] The office sent mandata (instructions) to provincial governors and other officials.[2][3]Ab epistulis wrote in Latin (ab epistulis latinis) and in Greek (ab epistulis graecis), and answered the responses.[4] Holders of the position usually had a particular vocation for literary matters.[5][4]

Notable Ab epistulis

One of the leading rhetoricians of this time, "Alexander Peloplaton", was Marcus Aurelius's ab epistulis in the 170s.[4] Marcus was impressed by the orator Hadrian of Tyre, so he offered him the job ab epistulis to recognise his excellence.[4] Aspasius of Ravenna was a Greek orator, who between AD 211 and 216 served as ab epistulis.[4] Aelius Antipater was the ab epistulis of the emperor Caracalla, who defined him "my friend and teacher, entrusted with the composition of Greek letters".[4]{ Marcius Agrippa was a cognitionibus and ab epistulis of Caracalla.{{sfn|Millar|2005|c=Emperors at Work|p=17}}

Augustus punished Thallus "for divulging the contents of a letter".[6] Caligula dictated a letter to an ab epistulis.{{sfn|Millar|2005|c=Emperors at Work|p=15}} Narcissus apparently worked as ab epistulis, because he was in charge of the grammata of Claudius against Agrippina.{{sfn|Millar|2005|c=Emperors at Work|p=15}} Beryllus was the ab epistulis graecis of Nero.{{sfn|Millar|2005|c=Emperors at Work|p=15}}

References

1. ^{{cite book |last=Lara Peinado |last2=Cabrero Piquero |last3=Cordente Vaquero |last4=Pino Cano |first=Federico |first2=Javier |first3=Félix |first4=Juan Antonio |year=2009 |title=Diccionario de instituciones de la Antigüedad |url=https://books.google.es/books/?id=QXFrQgAACAAJ |access-date=19 April 2017 |page=13 |edition=1ª |place=Fuenlabrada (Madrid) |publisher=Ediciones Cátedra (Grupo Anaya, Sociedad Anónima) |language=Spanish |isbn=9788437626123}}
2. ^{{cite web |title=Constitutiones principum |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/constitutiones-principum#ref175207 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |accessdate=Aug 30, 2018}}
3. ^Statius, Silvae 5, 1, 86-87
4. ^{{cite book |last1=Potter |first1=David Stone |title=The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180-395 |date=2004 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=0-415-10057-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Da6U4NaBMZAC&pg=PA77 |accessdate=Aug 31, 2018| pages=77–78}}
5. ^{{Cite book |first=Anthony Richard |last=Birley |title=Marco Aurelio |place=Milano |publisher=Rusconi |year=1990 |page=150 |isbn=88-18-18011-8}}
6. ^Suetonius, Div. Aug., 67

Bibliography

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  • {{cite book |ref=harv |last=Millar |first=Fergus |authorlink=Fergus Millar |title=Rome, the Greek World, and the East: Government, Society, and Culture in the Roman Empire |url=https://books.google.es/books?id=Gq3qCQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=es#v=onepage&q&f=false |volume=2 |publisher=Univ of North Carolina Press |year=2005 |pages=504 |isbn=9780807863695}}
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