A senior
centurion
(cp.
Tacitus
61).
[342] One of the vilest and most hated of imperial menials
(see chap. 95, and iv. 11). The gold ring was a token of
equestrian rank (cp. i. 13).
[343] Caesariensis (Fez) and Tingitana (Morocco). They had
been imperial provinces since A. D. 40.
[344] See i. 8.
[345] Gemina.
[346] The military titles here used have a technical meaning
which translation cannot convey.
A senior centurion (cp. note
57) could rise to the command of an auxiliary cohort, like the
Festus and Scipio here mentioned (_praefecti cohortium_). The
next step would be to _tribunus legionis_, and from that again
to _praefectus alae_. This was Pollio's position, the highest
open to any but soldiers of senatorial rank.
[347] Saône.
[348] He was so poor, says Suetonius, that he had no money to
take him out to Germany, when appointed to that province. He
had to let his house and hire a garret for his wife and
family, and to pawn one of his mother's pearl ear-rings.
[349] Aged 6.
[350] Cp. i. 62.
[351] He was executed by Mucianus (iv. 80).
[352] He postponed the hearing of their case, and thus, as
accused persons, they had by custom to wear mourning.
[353] Cp. i.
[342] One of the vilest and most hated of imperial menials
(see chap. 95, and iv. 11). The gold ring was a token of
equestrian rank (cp. i. 13).
[343] Caesariensis (Fez) and Tingitana (Morocco). They had
been imperial provinces since A. D. 40.
[344] See i. 8.
[345] Gemina.
[346] The military titles here used have a technical meaning
which translation cannot convey.
A senior centurion (cp. note
57) could rise to the command of an auxiliary cohort, like the
Festus and Scipio here mentioned (_praefecti cohortium_). The
next step would be to _tribunus legionis_, and from that again
to _praefectus alae_. This was Pollio's position, the highest
open to any but soldiers of senatorial rank.
[347] Saône.
[348] He was so poor, says Suetonius, that he had no money to
take him out to Germany, when appointed to that province. He
had to let his house and hire a garret for his wife and
family, and to pawn one of his mother's pearl ear-rings.
[349] Aged 6.
[350] Cp. i. 62.
[351] He was executed by Mucianus (iv. 80).
[352] He postponed the hearing of their case, and thus, as
accused persons, they had by custom to wear mourning.
[353] Cp. i.
