Nomenclator
Specialized slave, who recalls to his Master the names and qualities of the person that it approaches or which comes to him. It was used thus as memory with its Master at the time of the morning greetings carried out by the customer S with their owner, or during its displacements to the forum. But this slave was more useful for the ambitious Romans of the Republic who wanted to flatter their electorate while pretending to remember the name of the quidam met and potential voter, that with an emperor…
The emperor, had a service of files directed in general by one freed or a knight known as " Magister Praepositus has memoria " with the head of the office " Scrinium has memoria " or worked of the " Memoriales ". Not to confuse with " Memor ", that which has memory. Or " Mentor ": tutor or inspirer to see instructor (in a more modern direction.
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