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