office
Lictor
lictor
A lictor, the attendant who escorted a magistrate or king bearing the fasces; here the royal lictor whose house Jugurtha used to reach Hiempsal.
Reading notes
- The Jugurthine War §12 lictor
An attendant who escorted a magistrate or king bearing the rods (fasces); the royal lictor's house gave Jugurtha's agents their access to Hiempsal.