among the Romans, were harbingers, whose business it was to go before the emperor, and fix upon lodgings for him when he travelled into any of the provinces. They also marked out encampments, and assigned every regiment its post.

Menfors were also land-surveyors, architects, or appraisers of houses and public buildings. The distributors of provisions in the army were called menfors frumentarii. And menfors was also an appellation given to servants who waited at table.