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Communication in the time of ancient Rome is an interesting and long study subject. Suffice it to say that most people of that time period were not literate as schooling was reserved for the wealthy, royalty, and scribes of Hebrew temple. Most communication was both local and verbal, which is why we hear the term "a man was taken at his word".
Official communication took place via sealed documents, which were prepared by those literate in Latin afterward they were sealed by wax and an indignant ring, which belonged to a key individual. Rome constructed roadways which were specifically used to relay communication. Citizens were not allowed to use the communication roadways unless they had specific permission of a government official. Often one will hear the term "The Kings Road" which was intended to be used specifically for official communication and travel.
Things intended to be permanent communication were cast into stone. Communication (or dispatch) usually o,ccurred via information written upon a scroll .. a rolled up parchment of dried animal skin. the dispatch was rolled up to preserve its contents and sealed with wax, so the receiver would know it was original and from whom it originated.
Since normal citizens were kept illiterate, and signet rings were most prized possessions, there was almost no ability for the citizens to disrupt official communication via deceptive dispatch or interception of said same. To attempt to deceive the emperor or his assigned representatives, was a crime punishable by death.
The scribes of the Hebrew temple maintained the scrolls upon which the official word was written. The scrolls would be read out loud by the priests on key feast days (Passover, the feast of weeks, Pentecost, the blowing of trumpets and The feast of tabernacles. Biblical texts were learned by the people via oration by the priests (those of the house of Aaron of the tribe of Levi).
I hope this helps describe the communication methods in general used during the time of the Roman Empire.
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