Rationalis

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The Rationalis was a kind of finance minister in the Roman Empire .

history

In the course of the 2nd century and then especially in the 3rd century AD, the title Rationalis replaced the older names a rationibus or procurator a rationibus . From now on, subordinates of Rationalis continue to appear as a rationibus .

task

This minister had the task of all basic control to administer and collect. He was also responsible for currency stability, the mines and the mints.

literature

• Carsten Drecoll: The liturgies in the Roman Empire of the 3rd and 4th centuries AD. Investigation of the access, content and economic importance of public compulsory services in Egypt and other provinces (= Historia . Individual writings H. 116). Steiner, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-515-07151-2 (also: Freiburg (Breisgau), Univ., Diss., 1996).
• Wilhelm Liebenam : Rationalis . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IA, 1, Stuttgart 1914, Col. 262 f.