Rome Mail

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the first well-documented postal service of rome. organized @ time of augustus caesar (62 bc–ad 14), service called cursus publicus , provided light carriages (rhedæ) pulled fast horses. time of diocletian, parallel service established two-wheeled carts (birolæ) pulled oxen. service reserved government correspondence. yet service citizens later added.







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