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legatus

legate

also: legate, legatio libera, free legation

A legatus was a deputy or staff officer attached to a magistrate or province; a legatio libera (free legation) was a nominal commission granted to a senator so that he could travel on private business with the dignity and privileges of a public envoy.

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Mentioned in 82 works (187 total)

Against Caecilius (Divinatio) speeches · 1 mention
Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book I speeches · 18 mentions
Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book II speeches · 6 mentions
Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book III speeches · 3 mentions
Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book IV speeches · 1 mention
Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book V speeches · 6 mentions
Against Verres, First Hearing speeches · 1 mention
For Marcus Fonteius speeches · 4 mentions
For Aulus Cluentius speeches · 1 mention
On the Manilian Law (On the Command of Pompey) speeches · 6 mentions
Ad Atticum 1.1 letters · 1 mention
Against Catiline, Fourth Speech speeches · 1 mention
For Lucius Murena speeches · 4 mentions
For the Poet Aulus Licinius Archias speeches · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 1.19 letters · 1 mention
Ad Quintum Fratrem 1.1 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 2.18 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 2.19 letters · 1 mention
For Lucius Flaccus speeches · 15 mentions
Ad Atticum 4.1 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 4.2 letters · 1 mention
On His House speeches · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 1.1 letters · 2 mentions
Ad Familiares 1.2 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 1.4 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 1.7 letters · 1 mention
On the Consular Provinces speeches · 4 mentions
Against Vatinius speeches · 3 mentions
For Lucius Cornelius Balbus speeches · 1 mention
For Marcus Caelius speeches · 2 mentions
For Publius Sestius speeches · 2 mentions
Against Piso speeches · 7 mentions
Ad Atticum 4.15 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 4.19 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 1.9 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 13.11 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 13.12 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 13.55 letters · 1 mention
Ad Quintum Fratrem 3.1 letters · 1 mention
On the Commonwealth philosophy · 2 mentions
For Gnaeus Plancius speeches · 2 mentions
On the Laws philosophy · 2 mentions
Ad Atticum 5.16 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 5.17 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 3.3 letters · 2 mentions
Ad Familiares 3.8 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 15.4 letters · 2 mentions
Ad Atticum 6.1 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 6.5 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 2.18 letters · 2 mentions
Ad Familiares 3.10 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 13.57 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 8.15 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 9.1 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 5.20 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 15.15 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 6.6 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 6.8 letters · 1 mention
Brutus rhetoric · 1 mention
For Quintus Ligarius speeches · 4 mentions
Ad Atticum 13.4 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 13.5 letters · 1 mention
For King Deiotarus speeches · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 14.13 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 15.9 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 15.11 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 11.1 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 12.21 letters · 1 mention
Cato the Elder, On Old Age philosophy · 1 mention
On Duties philosophy · 1 mention
First Philippic speeches · 1 mention
Second Philippic speeches · 1 mention
Third Philippic speeches · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 10.8 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 10.18 letters · 1 mention
Ad Familiares 12.30 letters · 1 mention
Tenth Philippic speeches · 2 mentions
Eleventh Philippic speeches · 3 mentions
Fifth Philippic speeches · 8 mentions
Sixth Philippic speeches · 9 mentions
Seventh Philippic speeches · 4 mentions
Eighth Philippic speeches · 8 mentions

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