A Vestal Virgin was accorded a lictor when her presence was required at a public ceremony.

刀手具有合法的与刑事的责任：他们能够听从他们主人的命令，捕罗马公民，然后处罚他们。

Lictors were organized in an ordered line before him, with the primus lictor (the principal lictor) right on his front, waiting for orders.

他们跟随著长官，不论他走到那，中枢区，他的房屋，神殿与浴室。