
Published online:
06 January 2015
Published in print:
19 November 2014
Online ISBN:
9780199984633
Print ISBN:
9780195336467
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Prosopography Prosopography
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Scholarly Aids for the Study of Senators and Equites Romani in Inscriptions Scholarly Aids for the Study of Senators and Equites Romani in Inscriptions
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“Senatorial Inscriptions” “Senatorial Inscriptions”
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Interpreting Inscriptions Containing Biographical Data about Senators Interpreting Inscriptions Containing Biographical Data about Senators
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How to Decode a Biographical Inscription: A Practical Example How to Decode a Biographical Inscription: A Practical Example
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The Cursus Honorum Inscription—C.V. or Academic Transcript? The Cursus Honorum Inscription—C.V. or Academic Transcript?
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Other Information Contained in Inscriptions Regarding Senators Other Information Contained in Inscriptions Regarding Senators
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Female Members of the Senatorial Order Female Members of the Senatorial Order
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The Equester Ordo in Inscriptions The Equester Ordo in Inscriptions
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Bibliography Bibliography
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Chapter
11 Senators and Equites: Prosopography
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Christer Bruun
Christer Bruun
Classics, University of Toronto
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Christer Bruun, Professor of Classics, University of Toronto.
Pages
202–226
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Published:06 January 2015
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Bruun, Christer, 'Senators and Equites: Prosopography', in Christer Bruun, and Jonathan Edmondson (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy, Oxford Handbooks (2014; online edn, Oxford Academic, 6 Jan. 2015), https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195336467.013.011, accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
Abstract
This chapter discusses the epigraphic evidence for senators and Roman knights (equites Romani), who had vastly more opportunities to be commemorated in an inscription than the rest of the population. It also covers the characteristics of inscriptions as commissioned by and for this elite group in Roman society. The chapter demonstrates how prosopographers use inscriptions to reconstruct the Roman ruling elite, its career patterns and place in society .
Keywords:
senators, Roman knights, uterque ordo, senatorial career, equestrian career, inscriptions, honorific inscriptions, prosopography, Roman elite, cursus honorum, Rome, Italy, Roman provinces
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