Officer Training in the Legions

[Lothia]

Ave Civitas,

I am in a quandry again. In my novel (set in the later Roman Empire) I have a problem with newly arrived Tribunes.

I think I understand how Roman soldiers were trained. I read a good discussion on Basic Training and training posts.

I (hope) that my assumption that Centurions were rankers promoted to higher stations and so were already trained. However, how were Tribunes trained?

Were they expected to show up for duty with their basic combat training completed (by a personal trainer?) and then just recieved tactial and operational training when they arrived at their legion?

Thanks again for your help.

Tom