Talk:A rationibus

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This is a very strange name for a person...it's dative/ablative plural! I can imagine that the office was "for the accounts", but was this actually the person's title? I would expect "ratio" instead. Adam Bishop 01:33, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

a rationibus is the title and office held in the early empire. All of the English translations I have all spell it this way. There are many references to a rationibus being replaced by comes sacrarum largitionum. Argonaut

Weird...thanks! Adam Bishop 02:29, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Just stumbled across this discussion: Argonaut seems to be saying that the title is a rationibus, i.e. "from the accounts", which is grammatically reasonable, so Adam Bishop is correct in his confusion. I don't read Argonaut's comment as meaning that the official was a rationibus, but rather an a rationibus - strange title, yes, but at least not grammatically incorrect. Jpaulm 22:36, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is nothing strange in it, simply (vir) a rationibus = (a man) of accounts. There was also ab epistulis etc. The article should be moved to A rationibus. 212.87.13.78 (talk) 18:38, 22 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Erm, this seems to be identical to Rationalis. Should they be merged, and if so, what is the exact difference between the two declensions? -- 202.63.39.58 (talk) 02:59, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The difference is that a rationibus is apparently an earlier title than rationalis. Suetonius mentions a rationibus and ab epistulis as positions in Claudius' court. -212.87.13.78 (talk) 04:38, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 9 July 2015[edit]

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The result of the move request was: Moved. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 19:15, 23 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Rationibus → A rationibus – Please move to "A rationibus" as discussed previously. --Relisted. George Ho (talk) 22:54, 16 July 2015 (UTC) 89.65.87.100 (talk) 14:05, 9 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support - the current title is nonsense. This should have been a technical request. Sovereign Sentinel (talk) 07:16, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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