ANTEAMBULO´NES
ANTEAMBULO´NES were slaves who were accustomed to go
before their masters, in order to make way for them through the crowd.
(Suet.
Vesp. 2.) They usually called out
date locum domino meo; and if this were not sufficient to
clear the way, they used their hands and elbows for that purpose. Pliny
tells an amusing story of a man who was roughly handled by a Roman knight,
because his slave had presumed to touch the latter, in order to make way for
his master. (
Ep. 3.14, 7.) The term
anteambulones was also given to the clients, who were
accustomed to walk before their patroni in white togas when the latter
appeared in public. (
Mart. 2.18,
3.7,
10.74;
Juv. 1.96,
8.49,
10.44.)
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