castrenses

CASTRENSESa name applied under the early empire to the ministri of the emperor, whose residence was often spoken of as castra or praetorium, in reference to his position as commander-in-chief. The whole of his servants formed the familia castrensis, and were under the orders of a procurator castrensis, an officer mentioned in inscriptions between the times of Claudius and of Commodus: e. g. Wilmanns, Exemp. Inscr. Lat. No. 1243.

The ministri of the Roman emperor, whose residence in the early days of the Empire was often called castra or praetorium, in reference to his position as imperator. The whole of his servants formed the familia castrensis.