n.執(zhí)束桿侍從執(zhí)政官懲罰人的官吏

A Vestal Virgin was accorded a lictor when her presence was required at a public ceremony. 刀斧手也具有合法的與刑事的責任：他們能夠聽從他們主人的命令，逮捕羅馬公民，然后處罰他們。

The lictor's main task was to attend as bodyguards to magistrates who held imperium. 刀斧手的主要派定工作，是去作為握有統(tǒng)治大權(quán)之長官的護衛(wèi)：執(zhí)政官(十二位刀斧手)，副執(zhí)政(六位刀斧手，兩位在羅馬之內(nèi))，獨裁官(在蘇拉之前為十二位，后增加至二十四位)， 以及有資格座椅的市政官(兩位刀斧手)；

He did not allow her the lictor to which she was entitled nor an altar to celebrate her adoption. 提比略取消了利維婭被授予的享有扈從跟隨的榮耀以及舉行收養(yǎng)儀式祭壇。

Lictors were organized in an ordered line before him, with the primus lictor (the principal lictor) right on his front, waiting for orders. 他們跟隨著長官，不論他走到那里，包括中樞區(qū)，他的房屋，神殿與浴室。