12-05-2015, 11:09 AM
(12-05-2015, 10:23 AM)Frank Wrote: He came to the conclusion, that a prefectus cohortis got the same pay as an ordinary legionary centurio (13.500 HS pre-Domitian).
Although Florus seems to suggest the tres militiae paid better than the centurionate (If the greatest emperor had granted me... command over a hundred men, I would regard that as an honour of no small moment; and similarly if a prefecture or tribunate, for the honour is the same except that the pay is greater.Vergilius Orator an Poeta, III.5).
It's very tricky to reach any sort of satisfactory conclusion on this question, but there's a pretty good attempted pay scale for all equestrian and centurion grades here.
Nathan Ross
