Quote Originally Posted by edyzmedieval View Post
Did the Seleukids, Romans and other empires have a dedicated team of trained, experienced couriers who were tasked with the urgent matters or did they just use "normal" couriers?
Not that I know of, but I would think it was logical to pick the best riders and horses available. At least the Romans who had to pick a man who had to go through the whole route.

If urgent messages didn't happen often, it might be overkill to have dedicated teams for it, IMO.