augustae

Banishment from one's native land, with loss of property, and separation from friends as from best society; condemned to live in another land, where all these advantages are unattainable, amidst a companionship uncongenial; add to this the necessity of work, whether mental or physical toil, to support life -- the _res augustae domi_; sum up all these, and you have the history of Don Ignacio

The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley Mayne Reid 1850

Yet Pulcheria did not fade into the background completely after her brother’s marriage, a fact underlined by his subsequent allocation to her of a praepositus augustae, a counterpart to the eunuch major domo who served as his own chief of staff, and her own armed escort for trips into the city streets.69

Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010