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Ambactus: Name, Interpretation & Overview
In ancient times, an ambactus (Gaulish: ambactos or ambaxtos) was a dependent in the service of a Gallic nobleman. It is known from the early Roman poet Ennius (2nd century BC), whose use of it is reported by the grammarian Festus, and from Julius Caesar (1st century BC), who counts the ambacti among the followers a Gaulish noble gathered around himself…
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