10-21-2017, 12:00 PM
I have found a very enigmatic statement from Maurus Servius Honoratus:
Servius, In Vergilii Georgicis comentarii, 1, 43; 8 (auctor fl.c.400AD)
Aprilis vero dictus est, quasi terras tepore aperiens; Maius a Maia; Iunius a Iunone, quamquam alii a maioribus et iunioribus hos duos menses velint esse nominatos: nam antea populus Romanus in centurias iuniorum et seniorum divisus fuerat.
Could this be translated as: “previously the Roman People have been divided into centuries of iuniores and seniores?”
What are the centuries? Army centuries, voting centuries or something else???
Does this mean that in Servius’ timeframe (4th-5th century AD) the Romans are not anymore divided into iuniores seniores centuries?
Servius, In Vergilii Georgicis comentarii, 1, 43; 8 (auctor fl.c.400AD)
Aprilis vero dictus est, quasi terras tepore aperiens; Maius a Maia; Iunius a Iunone, quamquam alii a maioribus et iunioribus hos duos menses velint esse nominatos: nam antea populus Romanus in centurias iuniorum et seniorum divisus fuerat.
Could this be translated as: “previously the Roman People have been divided into centuries of iuniores and seniores?”
What are the centuries? Army centuries, voting centuries or something else???
Does this mean that in Servius’ timeframe (4th-5th century AD) the Romans are not anymore divided into iuniores seniores centuries?
