12-07-2021, 05:16 AM
Nathan wrote:
In brief: during the republic there were six tribunes alloted to each legion (there was no distinction between types of tribune at this point).
Livy (7 4) “That year (365 BC), for the first time, the military tribunes were elected by the popular vote; previously they had been nominated by the commander-in-chief, as is the case now with those who are called Rufuli.”
Festus (368L) RUFULI. “Thus were called the tribunes of soldiers appointed by the consul and not by the people, whose rights had been determined by a law proposed by Rutilius Rufus, and which took various precautions against them. (Indeed, they had been classified in such a way that preponderance belonged to those who had been created by the votes of the people.) According to the nickname of Rutilius, they were first called Rufi and in the following Rufuli.”
Another term for a military tribune is “comitiati.” It could be that a comitie was elected by the people and a “rufuli” selected by a consul.
In brief: during the republic there were six tribunes alloted to each legion (there was no distinction between types of tribune at this point).
Livy (7 4) “That year (365 BC), for the first time, the military tribunes were elected by the popular vote; previously they had been nominated by the commander-in-chief, as is the case now with those who are called Rufuli.”
Festus (368L) RUFULI. “Thus were called the tribunes of soldiers appointed by the consul and not by the people, whose rights had been determined by a law proposed by Rutilius Rufus, and which took various precautions against them. (Indeed, they had been classified in such a way that preponderance belonged to those who had been created by the votes of the people.) According to the nickname of Rutilius, they were first called Rufi and in the following Rufuli.”
Another term for a military tribune is “comitiati.” It could be that a comitie was elected by the people and a “rufuli” selected by a consul.
