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Procurator
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(from Latin procurare, ‘to take care of’; Greek ἐπίτροπος/epítropos).

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[1] Financial administrator for individuals and emperors

In the administration and organization of large fortunes, the political elite of Republican Rome employed freedmen or free persons, who as procuratores were authorized to represent the owners legally (Cic. Caecin. 57 f.). Augustus used this legal institution after the legalization of his posi…

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Eck, Werner (Cologne), “Procurator”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1009380>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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