[1937] Suet. Aug. 37, 39.
[1938] In those of Caligula (Suet. Calig. 16) and Nero (Dio Cass. lxiii. 13), and perhaps in those of Vitellius (Tac. Hist. ii. 62) and Severus Alexander (Vita 15).
[1939] Zosimus ii. 29.
[1940] By the side of such titles as equo publico judex selectus ex V decuriis (Wilmanns 2110) and equum publicum habens adlectus in V decurias (ib. 2203) we find the title quin. decur. judi(cum) (inter) quatringenarios (Henzen 6469), in which a purely monetary qualification is expressed.
[1941] Wilmanns nn. 1639, 2841, Index p. 564; Mommsen Staatsr. iii. p. 565.
[1942] Wilmanns n. 2858; Mommsen ib. n. 3.
[1943] These might have been included in the equites illustres whom Augustus forbade to set foot in Egypt (Tac. Ann. ii. 59 “vetitis nisi permissu ingredi senatoribus aut equitibus Romanis illustribus”), but the knights chiefly referred to here are doubtless distinguished permanent members of the order.
[1944] The variants used by Tacitus would apply to both of these classes. He uses insignis (Ann. xi. 5) and speaks of primores equitum (Hist. i. 4). Two ex-praefects of the praetorian guard are described as equites Romani dignitate senatoria (Ann. xvi. 17). Cf. note 3.
[1945] For the promotions from one praefecture to another, see Mommsen Staatsr. ii. p. 1042 n. 1.
[1946] p. 61.