See also:

• ANGARIA (from ayyapos, the Greek form of a Babylonian word adopted in Persian for " mounted courier ")

ANGARIA (from ayyapos, the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a Babylonian word adopted in See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian for " mounted See also:

• COURIER (from the O. Fr. courier, modern courrier, from Lat. currere, to run)
• COURIER, PAUL LOUIS (1773`1825)

courier ")  , a sort of postal See also:

• SYSTEM

system adopted by the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman imperial See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government from the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Persians, among whom, according to See also:

• XENOPHON

Xenophon (Cyrop. viii . 6; cf . See also:

• HERODOTUS (c. 484-425 B.C.)

Herodotus viii . 98) it was established by See also:

• CYRUS
• CYRUS (Gr. KDpos; Pers. Kuru-sh; Babyl. Kurash; Hebr. Koresh)

Cyrus the See also:

• GREAT

Great . Couriers on horseback were posted at certain stages along the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief roads of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, for the transmission of royal despatches by See also:

• NIGHT

night and See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day in all weathers . In the Roman system the See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of horses and their See also:

• MAINTENANCE (Fr. maintenance, from maintenir, to maintain, support, Lat. manu tenere, to hold in the hand)

maintenance was a compulsory See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty from which the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor alone could See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant exemption . The word, which in the 4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century was used for the heavy transport vehicles of the cursus publicus, and also for the animals by which they were See also:

• DRAWN

drawn, came to mean generally " compulsory service." So See also:

• ANGARIA (from ayyapos, the Greek form of a Babylonian word adopted in Persian for " mounted courier ")

angaria, angariare, in See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval Latin, and the rare See also:

• ENGLISH

English derivatives "angariate," "angariation," came to mean any service which was forcibly or unjustly demanded, and oppression in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general .