The ›magister equitum‹ in the Roman Republic : : The Evolution of an Extraordinary Magistracy / / Bradley Jordan.

The magister equitum, a subordinate to the Roman dictator during the Roman Republic, has been little studied to-date, in part due to the scattered and antiquarian nature of the evidence. This book addresses this gap by providing a definitive description and analysis of the office, focusing on three...

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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2024]
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Year of Publication:2024
Language:English
Series:KLIO / Beihefte. Neue Folge : Beiträge zur Alten Geschichte , 38
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Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 174 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Origins of the magister equitum
  • 2 The Second in Rank and Successor to the Dictator? A Reassessment of the potestas of the magister equitum
  • 3 The Role of the magister equitum in the City and the Field
  • 4 The Senatorial Rank of the magister equitum
  • 5 The Revival of the magister equitum in the First Century bce
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix: List of Attested magistri equitum, 501– 44 BCE
  • Bibliography
  • Index