3 The Role of the magister equitum in the City and the Field

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements V
3. Contents VII
4. Abbreviations IX
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 The Origins of the magister equitum 7
7. 2 The Second in Rank and Successor to the Dictator? A Reassessment of the potestas of the magister equitum 20
8. 3 The Role of the magister equitum in the City and the Field 53
9. 4 The Senatorial Rank of the magister equitum 77
10. 5 The Revival of the magister equitum in the First Century bce 119
11. Conclusions 145
12. Appendix: List of Attested magistri equitum, 501– 44 BCE 149
13. Bibliography 160
14. Index 170