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Anteambulōnes

1.

Slaves who went before their masters to make way for them in a crowd, crying Date locum domino meo. See Suet. Vesp. 2.

2.

Clients who walked before their patrons when the latter appeared in public. See Clientes.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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    • Suetonius, Divus Vespasianus, 2
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