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    The cursus publicus (Latin: "the public way"; Ancient Greek: δημόσιος δρόμος, dēmósios drómos) was the state mandated and supervised courier and transportation...
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    Roman athletic courses, after the Latin word cursus, meaning "course". Avenue (archaeology) Cursus publicus McOmish, 1999 The Stour Valley: a Prehistoric...
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  • Publicus may refer to : The Ager publicus is the Latin language name for the public land of the Roman Republic and Empire. Cursus publicus was the courier...
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  • Cursus (Latin: way): Cursus — a type of neolithic monuments on British islands Cursus or Cursus publicus — governmental transportation system in Ancient...
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  • Logothete, was the head of the department of the Public Post (Latin: cursus publicus, Greek: δημόσιος δρόμος, romanized: demosios dromos, or simply ὁ δρόμος...
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    with regularising the Roman transportation and courier network, the Cursus Publicus. Local officials were obliged to provide couriers who would be responsible...
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  • Look up ager or publicus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The ager publicus (Classical Latin: [ˈaɡɛr ˈpuːblɪkʊs]; lit. 'public land') is the Latin name...
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    included the provision of personnel, animals, or vehicles for the cursus publicus, the state mail and transport service established by Augustus. Relay...
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  • used from the 4th century for the heavy transport vehicles of the cursus publicus and the draft animals which pulled them. It came to mean any compulsory...
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  • Great as the royal method of communication throughout the empire. Cursus publicus, the state-run courier (and transportation) service of the Roman Empire...
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