adlocutio

adlŏcūtĭō, (13) ōnis, f. , allocution : Plin. Min. Ep. 2, 20, 7 ; Suet. Tib. 23 || obliquæ adlocutiones Quint. 9, 2, 37, discours indirects || paroles dʼexhortation : Sen. Helv. 1, 3 ; Catul. 38, 5.

ADLOCUTIO

ADLOCU´TIOThis was the Roman technical term for a speech or address made by an Imperator to his troops; such as stood in the place of a modern proclamation or a general order. In this sense the word occurs only upon coins. The emperors on visiting a district or province made usually a formal speech to the troops quartered there. Such a scene is represented on the accompanying coin of Trajan and medallion of Gordian III., where the emperor, accompanied by the prefect of the camp, is addressing the army represented in an abridged form by standard-bearers.

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Adlocutio

or allocutio. A speech or address made to his soldiers by an imperator, and corresponding to the modern “general order” or proclamation. See Contio.