A military tribune (Latin tribunus militum, "tribune of the soldiers") was an officer of the Roman army who ranked below the legate and above the centurion. Young men of Equestrian rank often served as military tribune as a stepping stone to the Senate.[1] The tribunus militum should not be confused with the elected political office of tribune of the people (tribunus plebis) nor with that of tribunus militum consulari potestate.
A militarytribune (Latin tribunus militum, "tribune of the soldiers") was an officer of the Roman army who ranked below the legate and above the centurion...
were the tribunes of the plebs and the militarytribunes. For most of Roman history, a college of ten tribunes of the plebs acted as a check on the authority...
consular tribunes elected were patrician. Some modern scholars believe the consular tribunes were elected to support Rome's expanded military presence...
Tribune of the plebs, tribune of the people or plebeian tribune (Latin: tribunus plebis) was the first office of the Roman state that was open to the...
confusion with the political "tribunes of the people"; in addition, they must not either be confused with the "militarytribunes with consular authority",...
The legatus of a Roman Republican army was essentially a supreme militarytribune, drawn from among the senatorial class of Rome (usually a consul or...
his political prospects, and a successful military career might culminate in the office of militarytribune, to which 24 men were elected by the Tribal...
office to represent the interests of the plebs), Militarytribune (a rank in the Roman army), Tribune of the Celeres (the commander of the king's personal...
most famous example. Flamininus' career started in 208 as militarytribune, a junior military position. He served under the five time consul Marcus Claudius...
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departing to Rome. Nevertheless, all tribunes were combat veterans with extensive military experience. Each tribune served in Rome for one year, following...
who was a militarytribune in 181 BC and the Sextus who was consul in BC 157 were father and son. While chronology suggested that the tribune might be...
of the election of militarytribunes at the Aventine, Icilius, thinking that these men would then be elected as plebeian tribunes and wanting to become...
political family of senatorial rank, Agricola began his military career as a militarytribune under governor Gaius Suetonius Paulinus. In his subsequent...
was under six equestrian militarytribunes who took turns to command it in pairs. But in the late Republic, militarytribunes were eclipsed by higher-ranking...
Furius was from the gens Furia patrician family in Rome. Purpureo was a militarytribune in 210 BC during the Second Punic War. After the Battle of Numistro...
unnamed Ligurian slave. Two years later, in 216 BC, Scipio served as militarytribune. He survived the disastrous Battle of Cannae – his father-in-law, the...
Lucius Valerius Flaccus, he was brought to Rome. He was successively militarytribune (214 BC), quaestor (204), aedile (199), praetor (198), consul (195)...
granted to a select number of militarytribunes. These individuals, the so-called consular tribunes ("militarytribunes with consular powers" or tribuni...
The military history of ancient Rome is inseparable from its political system, based from an early date upon competition within the ruling elite. Two consuls...
Roman military personal equipment was produced in large numbers to established patterns, and used in an established manner. These standard patterns and...
annulled five years later in 445 BC by a tribune of the plebs.[page needed] In 444 BC, the office of militarytribune with consular powers was created. The...
was supposedly replaced with a board of consular tribunes, which was elected whenever the military needs of the state were significant enough to warrant...
rise to any importance. The great-grandfather of Augustus served as a militarytribune during the Second Punic War, and survived the Battle of Cannae; however...