Original scientific paper

Quintus Raecius Rufus and the problem of princeps praetorii and trecenarius

Nikola Cesarik orcid.org/0000-0002-0128-0687

Abstract

This paper discusses the funerary inscription which Trebia M. f. Procula in accordance with her last testament raised to her husband Quintus Raecius Rufus (CIL III, 2917 = 9985 = ILS 2647). It records that Q. Raecius Q. f. Rufus served as primus pilus in legio XII Fulminata, that he was trecenarius and princeps praetorii, decorated for military service in the Judean war of Vespasian and Titus, and in one of the Trajan’s Dacian Wars. The author discusses his military career, with much attention given to the functions of trecenarius and princeps praetorii, which are still a substantially unknown concept in modern literature.

Keywords

Q. Raecius Rufus; primus pilus; trecenarius; princeps pretorii; speculatores

Hrčak ID:

140129

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/140129

Publication date:

1.4.2015.

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