12-11-2021, 01:28 PM
(12-11-2021, 12:50 PM)Nathan Ross Wrote:(12-11-2021, 09:41 AM)Corvus Wrote: Was he an equstarian tribune though? And if he was, how did he manage to go straight to Tribunate at such young age without prior command expirience?
Pliny the younger's military service is a bit of a mystery - he started out as an equestrian, but later became a senator, so which type of tribune he was at the time is unclear, I think. Perhaps he served only a brief stint intended to equip young equestrians for higher things without having to go through the full tres militiae?
I'm certain Pliny the Younger was a decemvir stlitibus iudicandis, then a laticlavius - having embarked upon the senatorial cursus honorum, how could he serve as an equestrian tribune? Syme in "Pliny's Early Career," RP VII (1991), p. 552-553, and Chastagnol in "La fortune d'un sénateur: l'exemple de Pline le Jeune," Le Sénat romain à l'époque impériale (1992), p. 146, have him as a laticlavius.
Sergey
