01-05-2013, 03:21 AM
Quote:what sort of promotion they were seeking?
The two men were 'close to entering the primi ordines' (Caesar, Commentaries 5.44)
Primi ordines would be senior centurions, but whether they were the centurions of the first cohort, or the 'leading' centurions of all the cohorts, or both, is still unclear as far as I know!
Nathan Ross