Pay Grades and Ranks below the Centurionate

Bibliographic Data

ID9388596
AuthorsDavid J Breeze (corresponding author)
Year1971
Volume61
Pages130-135
Publication date1971-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Roman Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0075-4358 • E-ISSN: 1753-528X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/300012
OpenAlexW2316734590
LanguageEN
Citations received49
References cited2

The career of Tiberius Claudius Maximus, published in the last volume of this Journal , is unique. The relevant portion runs: militavit eque ( s ) in leg ( ione ) VII C ( laudia ) p ( ia ) f ( ideli ), factus qu ( a ) estor equit ( um ), singularis legati legionis eiusdem, vexillarius equitum, item bello Dacico ob virtute ( m ) donis donatus ab imp ( eratore ) Domitiano, factus dupli ( carius ) a divo Troiano in ala secu ( n ) d ( a ) Pannoniorum, a quo et fa ( c ) tus explorator in bello Dacico et ob virtute ( m ) bis donis donatus bello Dacico et Parthico, et ab eode ( m ) factus decurio in ala eade ( m ), quod cepisset Decebalu ( m ) et caput eius pertulisset ei Ranisstoro, missus voluntarius honesta missione a Terent [ io Scau ] riano, consulare [ exerci ] tus provinciae nov [ ae ... His career not only contains two otherwise unattested posts, quaestor equitum and singularis legati legionis , but is unparalleled in the promotion from principalis in a legion to duplicarius , an alternative title for optio , in an auxiliary unit. Speidel assumes that this latter move involved a pay rise, since transfer from a legion to an ala would usually be accompanied by an increase in pay. This assumption if correct has such far reaching implications that it requires detailed examination

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