In ancient Rome, admissionales were chamberlains at the imperial court who introduced persons to the presence of the emperor.Lamprid. Augustan History, "Severus Alexander", 4; officium admissionis, Suetonius, Life of Vespasian, 14. They were divided into four classes; the chief officer of each class was called proximus admissionum.Ammianus Marcellinus Liber xv.5; Augustan History, "Life of Aurelian", 12. The admissionales were usually freedmen.Codex Theodosianus 6 tit. 2 s12; tit. 9 s2; tit. 35 s3.
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