Cursus publicus
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cursus-publicus-163-185385
title:
Cursus publicus
text:
The cursus publicus was the state mandated and supervised courier and transportation service of the Roman Empire, the use of which continued into the Eastern Roman Empire and the Ostrogothic Kingdom. It was a system based on obligations placed on private persons by the Roman State. As contractors, called mancipes, they provided the equipment, animals, and wagons. In the Early Empire compensation had to be paid but this had fallen into abeyance in Late Antiquity when maintenance was charged to th
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wiki
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description:
Transportation system in ancient Rome
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursus_publicus
date created:
2005-04-10T20:04:18Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T03:26:35Z
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