Note 1361 — Chapter VI · THE SENATE
Reading edition
So the Numantian envoys in 36 B.C. are received ἔξω τοῦ τείχους (Dio fr. 79). As a rule the appeal was made to the nearest imperator, and his representations might accord such legati a reception within the city. See Momms. Staatsr. iii. 2 p. 1150.