The Roman Postal Service, Is It All Private?

Only people who worked in or had friends related to government work could use the official roman postal system. There was a whole private messenger service, which meant that letter carriers are really important. So this is why, at the end of romans, paul introduces phoebe and commends her. She's going to deliver the letter. He also makes a case. Some people have disagreed with richards but there are some people who agree with him that very often letter carriers were the ones to read aloud and orally perform the letter. Inotherwords, receiving the letter isn't just to carry it, but it's actually to then go perform it and be the one toa read it