The magister equitum, in English Master of the Horse or Master of the Cavalry, was a Roman magistrate appointed as lieutenant to a dictator. His nominal function was to serve as commander of the Roman cavalry in time of war, but just as a dictator could be nominated to respond to other crises, so the magister equitum could operate independently of the cavalry; like the dictator, the appointment of a magister equitum served both military and political purposes.[1]
^Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, pp. 404–408 ("Dictator").
The magisterequitum, in English Master of the Horse or Master of the Cavalry, was a Roman magistrate appointed as lieutenant to a dictator. His nominal...
of the infantry, as the magister peditum ("master of foot"), and one for the more prestigious cavalry, the magisterequitum ("master of horse"). These...
sine magistro equitum – without a magisterequitum. Roman numerals given following a name indicate that the dictator or magisterequitum for that year...
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confused. Its original title was magister populi, "master of the infantry". His lieutenant was the magisterequitum, "master of the horse". The dictator...
varying prominence today. The original Master of the Horse (Latin: MagisterEquitum) in the Roman Republic was an office appointed and dismissed by the...
second-in-command a magisterequitum, the Master of the Horse, whose office ceased to exist once the dictator left office. The magisterequitum held praetorian...
Arvina was a Roman politician and general who served as both consul and MagisterEquitum twice, and Dictator once in the mid 4th century BC. Cossus was a member...
quickly for Italy. Caesar's absence from Italy put Mark Antony, as magisterequitum, in charge. His rule was unpopular: Publius Cornelius Dolabella, serving...
continental Europe and fought against the Alemanni; as Valentinian's magisterequitum (Master of Horse) he successfully invaded Alemannic territory (371...
promagistrates. These included the curule aedile, the praetor, the consul, the magisterequitum, and the dictator. In a general sense, imperium was the scope of someone's...
senate; this, by c. 300 BC was taken to mean having served as dictator, magisterequitum, consul, praetor, or curule aedile. Some time between 122 and 102 BC...
389, 387, 383, and 380 BC, possibly the same Lucius Valerius who was magisterequitum to Marcus Furius Camillus in 390 BC, although that was probably his...
horse) to be combined under a single person, then styled magisterequitum et peditum or magister utriusquae militiae ("master of both forces"). By the time...
between the Magister Militum, or Master of the Infantry, also known as the Praetor Maximus or dictator, and his lieutenant, the magisterequitum or "Master...
28 March 364. This was done over the objections of Dagalaifus, the magisterequitum. Ammianus makes it clear that Valens was subordinate to his brother...
Varro Lucullus Gaius Terentius Varro Titus Vinius Trebonius Ursicinus (magisterequitum) – Entrusted to suppress the Jewish revolt against Gallus (Constantius...
maximus before the Roman Empire, and (presumably) the last interrex and magisterequitum to hold military command. Though he was an able military commander...
Valentinus. Theodosius the Elder was made magisterequitum in 369, and retained the post until 375. The magisterequitum and his son Theodosius campaigned against...
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