Der ἐπίτροπος χαρτηρᾶς und der procurator rationis chartariae. Zwei Prokuratoren im Dienste der Papyrusversorgung Roms

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The ἐπίτροπος χαρτηρᾶς and the procurator rationis chartariae were freedmen procurators of the familia Caesaris, attested for the 2^nd century AD. The inauguration of these offices was probably in the 1^st century after the reign of Tiberius to secure the supply of writing materials to Rome. Probably as a result of the Severian administrative reform to avoid freedmen as procurators or in context with the vectigal chartae, a tribute in kind since Aurelian, the offices vanished.