See also:

• COMMENTARII (Lat. = Gr. broµvijµara)

COMMENTARII (See also:

• LAT

Lat. = Gr. broµvijµara)  , notes to assist the memory, memoranda . This See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of the word gave rise to a variety of meanings: notes and abstracts of speeches for the assistance of orators; See also:

• FAMILY

family memorials, the origin of many of the legends introduced into See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• HISTORY

history from a See also:

• DESIRE

desire to glorify a particular family; diaries of events occurring in their own circle kept by private individuals,—the 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-See also:

• BOOK

book, See also:

• DRAWN

drawn up for Trimalchio in See also:

• PETRONIUS (G. (?)1

Petronius (Satyricon, 53) by his actuarius (a slave to whom the See also:

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

duty was specially assigned) is quoted as an example ; See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs of events in which they had taken See also:

• PART

part drawn up by public men, such were the " Commentaries " of See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar on the Gallic and See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WARS

wars, and of See also:

• CICERO

Cicero on his consulship . Different departments of the imperial See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration and certain high functionaries kept records, which were under the See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of an See also:

• OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official known as a commentariis (cf. a secretis, ab epistulis) . Municipal authorities also kept a See also:

• REGISTER

register of their official acts . The Comrne;;tarii Principis were the register of the official acts of the See also:

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

emperor . They contained the decisions, favourable or unfavourable, in regard to certain citizens; accusations brought before him or ordered by him; lists of persons in See also:

• RECEIPT (M.E. receite, derived through Fr. from Lat. recepta, participle of recipere, to receive)

receipt of See also:

• SPECIAL

special privileges . These must be distinguished from the See also:

• COMMENTARII (Lat. = Gr. broµvijµara)

commentarii diurni, a daily See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court-See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

journal . At a later See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period records called ephemerides were kept by See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the emperor; these were much used by the Scriptores Historiae Augustae (see AUGUSTAN HISTORY) . The Commentarii Senatus, only once mentioned (See also:

• TACITUS, CORNELIUS (c. 55-120)
• TACITUS, MARCUS CLAUDIUS

Tacitus, See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

Annals, xv . 74) are probably identical with the ACTA SENATUS (q.v.) . There were also Commentarii of the priestly colleges: (a) Pontificum, collections of their decrees and responses for future reference, to be distinguished from their Annales, which were See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical records, and from their Acta, minutes of their meetings; (b) Augurum, similar collections of augural decrees and responses; (c) Decemvirorum; (d) Fratrum Arvalium . Like the priests, the magistrates also had similar notes, partly written by themselves, and partly records of which they formed the subject .

But practically nothing is known of these Commentarii Magistratuum . Mention should also be made of the Commentarii Regum, containing decrees concerning the functions and privileges of the See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings, and forming a See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record of the acts of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king in his capacity of See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest . They were drawn up in historical times like the so-called leges regiae (See also:

• JUS

jus Papirianum), supposed to contain the decrees and decisions of the Roman kings . See the exhaustive See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article by A. von Premerstein in Pauly-Wissowa, Realencyclopadie (1901); See also:

• TEUFFEL, WILHELM SIEGMUND (1820–1878)

Teuffel-See also:

• SCHWABE, SAMUEL HEINRICH (1789–1875)

Schwabe, Hist. of Roman Lit . (Eng. trans.), pp . 72, 77-79; and the concise See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account by H . Thedenat in Daremberg and Saglio, Dictionnaire See also:

• DES

des antiquitis .