Roman Letters
Across
- 2. This was the acronym Romans used for the introduction of a letter
- 3. These were the Roman equivalent of modern secretaries
- 7. The true incentive for not publishing literary works was not a financial one, but instead was this word for literary prestige
- 8. The Romans would have called this freedom from negotium, or the business of life
- 10. This was the acronym Romans used for the conclusion of a letter
- 11. The Romans would have used this for important correspondence, as it was very expensive
Down
- 1. This was the way the Romans rolled their books up
- 4. The name of a slave who was employed to write or copy correspondence
- 5. This filled the free time of cultivated Romans
- 6. This person was a famous Roman orator who served as a model for later Roman writers and brought forth the epistolary form
- 9. This was the material on which notes, short letters, lists, receipts, and first drafts were written