TABE´LLIO
TABE´LLIO a notary (Suidas, s. v.). Under the Empire
the Tabelliones succeeded to the business of the Scribae in the times of the
Republic [SCRIBAE]. They were chiefly employed in
drawing up legal documents, and for this purpose usually took their stations
in the marketplaces of towns (Capitol.
Macrin.
4; Cod. 4, 21, 17; Novell. 73, 100.5, &c.). They formed a special
order in the state (Gothofr.
ad Cod. Theod. 12, 1, 3).
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