Our Roman Highways
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The lectica seems to have been frequently con- structed so as to hold more persons than one. It was carried by means of poles (asseres), attached but not fixed to it, and easily removable, which rested on the shoulders of slaves, specially appointed for the purpose, who were called lecticarii. The number of slaves em- ployed to carry a litter appeals to have been generally two, but it varied, according to the size and the display of wealth which the owner wished to make, from two to eight. The ...lecticarii were always well dressed, and the tallest, strongest, and handsomest men among the slaves of a household were generally chosen for the duty.
Another slave called the anteambulo* whose office it was to make room for the lectica of his master, usually preceded it. After the reign of Claudius every wealthy Roman kept one or more lectica, with a corresponding number of lecticarii, and, in addition to this, there were also companies to establish public Ucticae {corpus lecti- cariorum), formed by enterprising freedmen — members of the Roman lower classes — which had their stands in the * Probably the origin of the modern footman, who, when carriages were first introduced into this country, walked or ran in fiout of them to clear the way, a custom still remaining in India.
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The lectica seems to have been frequently con- structed so as to hold more persons than one. It was carried by means of poles (asseres), attached but not fixed to it, and easily removable, which rested on the shoulders of slaves, specially appointed for the purpose, who were called lecticarii. The number of slaves em- ployed to carry a litter appeals to have been generally two, but it varied, according to the size and the display of wealth which the owner wished to make, from two to eight. The ...lecticarii were always well dressed, and the tallest, strongest, and handsomest men among the slaves of a household were generally chosen for the duty.
Another slave called the anteambulo* whose office it was to make room for the lectica of his master, usually preceded it. After the reign of Claudius every wealthy Roman kept one or more lectica, with a corresponding number of lecticarii, and, in addition to this, there were also companies to establish public Ucticae {corpus lecti- cariorum), formed by enterprising freedmen — members of the Roman lower classes — which had their stands in the * Probably the origin of the modern footman, who, when carriages were first introduced into this country, walked or ran in fiout of them to clear the way, a custom still remaining in India.
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