Editing Civil service (section)

==== Praecones ====
They were generally employed to make announcements in public and crowds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LacusCurtius • Praeco — The Roman Crier (Smith's Dictionary, 1875) |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Praecones.html |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=penelope.uchicago.edu}}</ref>

===== Scriba =====
The [[Scriba (ancient Rome)|scriba]] were civil servants working as public notaries as well as general bureaucracy.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Jones |first=A. H. M. |date=1949 |title=The Roman Civil Service (Clerical and Sub-Clerical Grades) |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-studies/article/abs/roman-civil-service-clerical-and-subclerical-grades/384B50535ADE1A802DFD73DC6BFA0BC3 |journal=The Journal of Roman Studies |language=en |volume=39 |issue=1–2 |pages=38–55 |doi=10.2307/297706 |jstor=297706 |issn=1753-528X|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=LacusCurtius • Roman Scribes (Smith's Dictionary, 1875) |url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Scribae.html |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=penelope.uchicago.edu}}</ref> Greek cities had a similar figure, however the job was done by slaves.<ref name=":1" />