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en-wikipedia-org-7990		Officium (ancient Rome) - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1120	293	40	Officium (ancient Rome) Wikipedia Officium (ancient Rome) Roman Empire Roman Constitution Constitution of the Late Empire Officium (plural officia) is a Latin word with various meanings in ancient Rome, including "service", "(sense of) duty", "courtesy", "ceremony" and the like. However, this article is mainly concerned with the meaning of "an office" (the modern word office derives from it) or "bureau" in the sense of a dignitary's staff of administrative and other collaborators, each of whom was called an officialis (hence the modern official). The Notitia Dignitatum gives us uniquely detailed information, stemming from the very imperial chanceries, on the composition of the officia of many of the leading court, provincial, military and certain other officials of the two Roman empires c. Cornicularius was a military title, for an administrative deputy of various generals etc. Pauly-Wissowa (German-language encyclopedia on anything relating to Classical Antiquity) Ancient Rome topics Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Officium_(ancient_Rome)&oldid=872478348" Categories: Ancient Roman government	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7990.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7990.txt