Tabellarius
A letter-carrier or courier, employed by private persons to carry letters and messages
(
Ad Fam. xii. 12; xiv. 22). Ship captains often carried
foreign letters and the tabellarii of the provincial governors and of the
publicani (q. v.); also, as a favour, they often served private individuals (
Ad
Att. v. 15; id. 19). See also
Cursus
Publicus;
Epistola.