thumb|upright|A vilicus named Felix dedicated this altar to Mens|Mens Bona, the goddess of good thinking (Castello Malaspina) In ancient Rome, the vilicus (, epitropos, or oikonomos) was a manager, supervisor, or overseer. Ausonius in 4th-century Bordeaux writes that his "pretentious" vilicus preferred to be called by the Greek title epitropos.
thumb|upright|A vilicus named Felix dedicated this altar to Mens|Mens Bona, the goddess of good thinking (Castello Malaspina) In ancient Rome, the vilicus (, epitropos, or oikonomos) was a manager, supervisor, or overseer. Ausonius in 4th-century Bordeaux writes that his "pretentious" vilicus preferred to be called by the Greek title epitropos.
In the rural economy of early Rome, the vilicus was a bailiff or farm manager who directly oversaw agricultural labor on the villa rustica. As the Roman economy diversified, the title might be specified as vilicus rusticus for the traditional agricultural role. The vilicus hortorum ("of the gardens"), a foreman over the crews that maintained private or imperial gardens or parks in and around the city of Rome, may be seen as a transitional figure showing how the role would have evolved in an urban setting. By the turn of the 1st to the 2nd century AD, the vilicus urbanus can be found in various supervisory capacities; for example, building superintendent or rent-collector for a landlord, similar to an insularius, an apartment manager.
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