07-28-2016, 02:43 PM
Someone just asked me a question about the Augustan army. This period is not my forte (as most of you know), so perhaps anyone here can provide an answer to this question:
Did Roman army officers serving in the upper ranks have to pay for their commissions (either officially or unofficially)?
This is in connection with a line in Tibullus where he says (using an apparently military metaphor) that his poverty will keep him from joining the army:
Me mea paupertas vita traducat inerti
(Elegies 1.1.5)
Any help you can give would be gratefully received!
Did Roman army officers serving in the upper ranks have to pay for their commissions (either officially or unofficially)?
This is in connection with a line in Tibullus where he says (using an apparently military metaphor) that his poverty will keep him from joining the army:
Me mea paupertas vita traducat inerti
(Elegies 1.1.5)
Any help you can give would be gratefully received!
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
