05-12-2010, 05:22 PM
Why should he change from his tribunate to the ordines, to restart his career as a centurion.
Because it isn't easy to do the tres militia equestris... In the time of Domitian you have ca 270 praefecti cohorti, but only 180 tribuni and only 90 post for praefecti alae. So not every praefectus cohortis got a chance to the third militia. If did his job normal he had to wait sometime for long to the next post. And normaly the procurator posts came after the third militiae, as a sexagenarius or centenarius.
Malko Linge
Because it isn't easy to do the tres militia equestris... In the time of Domitian you have ca 270 praefecti cohorti, but only 180 tribuni and only 90 post for praefecti alae. So not every praefectus cohortis got a chance to the third militia. If did his job normal he had to wait sometime for long to the next post. And normaly the procurator posts came after the third militiae, as a sexagenarius or centenarius.
Malko Linge
