2012
DOI: 10.1017/s0068246212000062
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SOLDIERS AND EQUESTRIAN RANK IN THE THIRD CENTURYad

Abstract: This article considers a group of inscriptions, ranging in date from the late second to late third centuries AD, which indicates that low-ranked members of the Roman army gained access to equestrian rank in this period. The inscriptions attest two interrelated phenomena: (1) the promotion of soldiers to posts in the militiae equestres, a series of officer commands usually held by men from the ordo equester; and (2) grants of equestrian status to soldiers' sons, many of whom were only very young. These developm… Show more

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“… 14 Christol (1977) and (1982); Heil (2008); Davenport (2019) 533–49. These commanders obtained equestrian rank during their army career (Davenport [2012] 107–8; [2019] 513–14).…”
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“… 14 Christol (1977) and (1982); Heil (2008); Davenport (2019) 533–49. These commanders obtained equestrian rank during their army career (Davenport [2012] 107–8; [2019] 513–14).…”
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“… 28 In the late third century, equestrian rank became a reward for being appointed to an officer command, rather than a precondition for it (Davenport [2019] 509–20, 533–46). The epigraphic evidence from Britain is particularly rich for this period.…”
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