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This might fit here...
"When Cato the Younger was a military tribune in 67 BC, his entourage consisted of 15 slaves, two freedmen and four friends".
Cato the younger was probably a young senatorial tribune at the time. What would the older, semi-professional equestrian tribune have as an entourage?
The senatorial military tribune was obviously not just a rich kid on a horse, he had other well-born 'friends' also learning the ropes, and his own small staff.
As I find tidbits about "military tribunes" I'll add them here to this thread, maybe we can get a better picture of the position and responsibilities.
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My old tutor (Mark Hassell, inscription editor of Britannia) once suggested to me that the Tribunes of the legions, the angusticlavii, were in charge of 2 cohorts each - though there is no absolute evidence for it. He thought this made tactical sense on the battle-field (the angusticlavii were experienced men, having come from careers commanding units/regiments in the auxillia) BUT and this is the interesting bit, he felt it was due to a throwback to the Repbublican days of unit organisation, where cohorts (and legions for that matter) were organised in twos.
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