Adiutor

Adiutor was the general term for the "helper" or "assistance" in the Roman Empire , but mostly colloquial rather pejorative for a " helper " or the subordinate, less important "auxiliary".

In legal language, the adjutor was the assistant of a functionary both in private law tasks and in the sovereign area with magistrates , later with high officials in the administration of justice, even with senior sub-senior officials. At the imperial court, a procurator, headmaster or magister often had one or more adjutors in a variety of functions. In the case of higher court officials, military commanders and in the civil administration of the province, the notitia dignitatum proves not only the adjutors but also subadiuvae . Civil servants without an office of their own were assigned adjutants from other rooms ( scrinia ) or schools ( scholae ), both as adjutants to the incumbent and his office manager and in various other staff functions. In the registration regulations of the authorities, the adjutors, who can be of knightly or senatorial rank, are usually close to the senior officials with whom they have to carry out orders and are responsible for their legality.

literature

Paul Habel: Adiutor 1) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 364-366.