01-06-2005, 04:27 PM
The threads on saluting got me thinking about verbal forms of adress to a superior officer. Does anyone have information on this?<br>
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From glancing through 'Life and Letters on the Roman Frontier' by Alan K. Bowman, which deals with the Vindolanda letters, it appears that a superior--at least a social superior--was often adressed using <em>domine</em>, or a variation, which translates to 'my lord' does it not? An equal is often adressed as frater, or brother. Does this show up in other sources? And if used in letters, would it also be used in everyday interactions?<br>
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From glancing through 'Life and Letters on the Roman Frontier' by Alan K. Bowman, which deals with the Vindolanda letters, it appears that a superior--at least a social superior--was often adressed using <em>domine</em>, or a variation, which translates to 'my lord' does it not? An equal is often adressed as frater, or brother. Does this show up in other sources? And if used in letters, would it also be used in everyday interactions?<br>
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