09-28-2009, 05:02 PM
Quote:Tony Riches:19l67yje Wrote:One of the characters in my second book will be a Beneficiarius Praefectus Proconsulis.What exactly is a praefectus proconsulis? After 25 years in the business, I thought I'd pretty much run across most of the emperor's men, but I must admit that I've never heard of that one.
I was originally going to use a NATO standard beneficiarius consularis - i.e. the governor's beneficiarius - but I was convinced by stalwart RATer and good friend Caballo to go for the latter title because it is apparently - say several sites accessible via Google - a soldier (presumably a prefect) serving on the staff of the governor appointed by the senate. And for plot reasons, I do like the idea of my man having that sort of clout.
I was as surprised as you with the rank, although I have more like 2.5 years in the business...(the writing novels about Romans business, that is).
BR
Toy.
