The activity of a legatus .
1) In international law, a government-ordered, occasional delegation of usually three or more legati - as messengers or provided with full authority - who acted as official representatives of Rome and reported to the Senate (legationem renuntiare: Liv. 39,33,1). Legationes presented, for example, the demand for satisfaction (rerum repetitio) required for a bellum iustum ( International law), the declaration of war (indictio belli), instructions to socii , explored the ground, arbitrated and concluded treaties. After the cli…