09-06-2010, 08:58 PM
The examples given by Theo were mainly sons of the senatorial order - Scipio was a military tribune, Publius Crassus and Titus had already been tribunes, and Titus had already held the post of quaestor. Constantine had spent most of his youth either at court or on campaign with the tetrarchic emperors, and was also a tribune ('of the first order', whatever that means) when he 'escaped' from Nicomedia and went to join his father in the west. Marius was probably equestrian, but was also an elected military tribune.
While modern novels etc tend to portray the aristocratic youth of Rome mincing about and writing salacious poetry all day, I'm sure that a great deal of their time would have spent on what we today might call 'military training' - even if to them it was no more than the stuff of everyday life!
- Nathan
While modern novels etc tend to portray the aristocratic youth of Rome mincing about and writing salacious poetry all day, I'm sure that a great deal of their time would have spent on what we today might call 'military training' - even if to them it was no more than the stuff of everyday life!
- Nathan
Nathan Ross
