09-28-2009, 07:59 PM
I also wondered about the idea of 'a soldier... appointed by the senate' - as Duncan says, this would only happen in senatorial provinces, and (again) only Africa had a legion available to provide beneficiarii.
In imperial provinces, appointments would be directly by the emperor, or indirectly by the ab epistulis, and would therefore carry the sort of 'clout' Tony wants for his character. There were a number of posts like this, some very interesting. It seems that the (equestrian) procurator could sometimes act as the 'emperor's man', even in a senatorial province - C. Minucius Italus was procurator of Asia under Vettulenus Cerialis c.88AD - Cerialis was executed, and Italus took over for the duration of the governorship, over the heads of available senatorial assistants. Brian W. Jones (The Emperor Domitian) suggests (following Syme, I think) that Italus actually killed his own boss, on Domitian's orders.
- Nathan
In imperial provinces, appointments would be directly by the emperor, or indirectly by the ab epistulis, and would therefore carry the sort of 'clout' Tony wants for his character. There were a number of posts like this, some very interesting. It seems that the (equestrian) procurator could sometimes act as the 'emperor's man', even in a senatorial province - C. Minucius Italus was procurator of Asia under Vettulenus Cerialis c.88AD - Cerialis was executed, and Italus took over for the duration of the governorship, over the heads of available senatorial assistants. Brian W. Jones (The Emperor Domitian) suggests (following Syme, I think) that Italus actually killed his own boss, on Domitian's orders.
- Nathan
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