id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2020 Scriba (ancient Rome) - Wikipedia .html text/html 1130 138 63 Scriba (ancient Rome) Wikipedia The public scribes were the highest in rank of the four prestigious occupational grades (decuriae) among the apparitores, the attendants of the magistrates who were paid from the state treasury.[2] The word scriba might also refer to a man who was a private secretary, but should be distinguished from a copyist (who might be called a "scribe" in English) or bookseller (librarius).[3] The Roman posting was such a lucrative assignment that the scribae worked in rotations, serving one year in Rome and two in the provinces. E. Badian, "The scribae of the Roman Republic," Klio 7 (1989) 582–603. Orlin, Temples, Religions, and Politics in the Roman Republic (Brill, 1997), p. ^ Gary Forsythe, A Critical History of Early Rome: From Prehistory to the First Punic War (University of California Press, 2005), p. Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scriba_(ancient_Rome)&oldid=948843964" Categories: Ancient Roman government ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2020.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2020.txt