LATIN TITLE |
English |
SUBORDINATES |
Functions |
|---|---|---|---|
| DISPENSATOR | Chief Steward | earlier this was performed by the atriensis | maintenance, cleaning, food preparation, disbursements |
| ARCARIUS | keeper of the chest | ||
| Tabularius | accountant |
-Ad Possessiones -Custos rationis patrimonii -insularius |
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| a manu / ad manum | dictation clerk | ||
| Librarius | records keeper | ||
| Ostiarius | doorkeeper | ||
| ATRIENSIS | manager of the atrium |
-diaetarchae -tricliniarchae -ministratores -praegustator -a cyatho -structor |
suite manager dining hall keepers waiters, footmen taster cupbearer/wine steward carver |
| ROGATOR | social secretary | in charge of invitations and arrangements | |
| Ab admissione | controlled the flow of visitors | ||
| Nomenclator | prompted the master/mistress as to visitor's name | ||
| ab hospitiis | servant in charge of guest accommodations | ||
| SUPRA CUBICULARIOS | Grand Chamberlain | ||
| cubicularius | chamberlain |
-ornatrix -tonsor/tostrix -a veste -ab ornamentis -ab ornamentis sacerdotalibus -vestipica -capsarius a purpuris |
dresser/chamber maid barber valet/mistress of the robes custodian of ceremonial garb |
| unctor/unctrix | masseur/masseuse | -ad unguenta | keeper of oils and perfumes |
| puer a pedibus | |||
| pedisequus | |||
| delicia | |||
| opsonator | caterer | ||
| libraria cellaria | pantry supervisor | ||
| cooks | |||
| bakers | |||
| cellerarius | wine steward | ||
| lanipedus | |||
| textor | |||
| vestifex | |||
| sarcinator | tailor | ||
| fullones | laundry servants | ||
| calciator | shoemaker | ||
| structores | builders | ||
| fabri | builders, smiths, carpenters | ||
| marmorarius | marble worker | ||
| aquarius | plumber | ||
| specularii | glaziers | ||
| pictores | interior decorators | ||
| aurifex | goldsmith | ||
| inaurator | gilder | ||
| argentarius | silversmith | ||
| margaritarius | jeweller | ||
| colorator | furniture conservator | ||
| tuarius | incense maker | ||
| ab argento | silver worker | ||
| ab suppelectile | furniture custodians | ||
| a tabulis | curator of art | ||
| ad imagines | in charge of the family busts | ||
| a sede Augustae | the Augusta's chair custodian | ||
| AD VALETUDINARIUM | hospital director | ||
| supra medicos | Chief of staff | ||
| medicus | doctor | ||
| nutrix | wet-nurse | ||
| PAEDAGOGUS | tutor | ||
| grammatici | teachers | ||
| mensor | measurer |
SUMMARY of job categories (based on Treggiari) |
| Empress Livia | 46 |
| Marcella the Younger | 12 |
| Julio-Claudian Emperors | 49 |
| The Statilii Tauri | 40 |
| Trimalchio (Petronius Satyricon) | 23+ |
| Note: The above statistics, drawn from Treggiari (1975), indicate the number of job categories, not the number of personnel in the households indicated. They are based mostly on a collection of evidence from tomb inscriptions which mention occupations, and thus depend on the factor of survival; the complete number in each case is likely higher. |
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John Paul Adams, CSUN
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