07-21-2006, 07:42 AM
Quote:"Cohort infantryman" (presumably auxiliary) is listed at 100 denari per yearThere's very limited evidence for the salary of auxiliaries, mainly derived from conceptions about status and one or two papyri with savings accounts which have been recombined into salaries. It's very much discussed, but most current calculations put it higher than 100 dn (i.e. 187 or even equal: 225).
Interesting observation on the higher spread in Roman times. I think it has to do with the larger stratification of society and concomitant status. A cohortalis in an auxiliary unit wasn't even a citizen, while a Primus Pilus qualified for the equestrian order.
