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Plotius Firmus
Plotius Firmus (fl. 1st century AD) was a Roman equites, knight and senator who flourished in the sixties of the first century AD. He started his career in the army as a simple soldier, and in 69 AD, during the reign of Galba he was ''praefectus vigilum'' in Rome, helping Otho to oust the emperor.Klass (1951) After Galba's seizure of power, he was acclaimed by the soldiers ''praefectus praetorio'', and remained quite popular with the military. After Otho's battle of Bedriacum, defeat at Bedriacum he encouraged the depressed Emperor who wanted to quit his power to persevere. Despite that, Otho killed himself, and Plotius found him in his chamber lying in his blood.After the suicide of his patron, Plotius tried to rapproach himself with Vitellius, but was prevented to do that by his soldiers. It cannot be excluded that he managed to be pardoned later, but after the end of the 69 AD crisis there are two possible hypotheses: he could either have been the adoptive father or father of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Equites
The (; , though sometimes referred to as " knights" in English) constituted the second of the property/social-based classes of ancient Rome, ranking below the senatorial class. A member of the equestrian order was known as an (). Description During the Roman Kingdom and the first century of the Roman Republic, legionary cavalry was recruited exclusively from the ranks of the patricians, who were expected to provide six (hundreds) of cavalry (300 horses for each consular legion). Around 400BC, 12 more of cavalry were established and these included non-patricians (plebeians). Around 300 BC the Samnite Wars obliged Rome to double the normal annual military levy from two to four legions, doubling the cavalry levy from 600 to 1,200 horses. Legionary cavalry started to recruit wealthier citizens from outside the 18 . These new recruits came from the first class of commoners in the Centuriate Assembly organisation, and were not granted the same privileges. By the time of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
