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A legate (Latin: legatus, Classical Latin: [ɫeːˈɡaːtʊs]) was a high-ranking Roman military officer in the Roman army, equivalent to a high-ranking general officer of modern times. Initially used to delegate power, the term became formalised under Augustus as the officer in command of a Roman legion .
Thus the stone is dedicated to the healing gods Aesculapius and Hygieia.. The donor of the stone, Quintus Venidius Rufus Marius Maximus Lucius Calvinianus had served as legatus in the Legio I Minervia and was at the time of the donation legatus pro praetore or governor of Cilicia.
Dux (/ d ʌ k s, d ʊ k s /, pl.: ducēs) is Latin for "leader" (from the noun dux, ducis, "leader, general") and later for duke and its variant forms (doge, duce, etc.).During the Roman Republic and for the first centuries of the Roman Empire, dux could refer to anyone who commanded troops, both Roman generals and foreign leaders, but was not a formal military rank.
Then Maximus was commissioned legatus legionis or commander of Legio III Gallica, which was stationed in Syria. Alföldy dates his tenure as commander from around the year 150 to 153. [7] After returning to Rome, he was appointed prefectus aerarum Saturninus, which Alföldy dates between the years 153 and 156. [8] His consulate followed.
Praefectus legionis agens vice legati – Equestrian officer given the command of a legion in the absence of a senatorial legatus. After the removal of senators from military command, the title of a legionary commander. ("...agens vice legati, dropped in later Third Century") Praetorians – A special force of bodyguards used by Roman Emperors.
Once the Romans rebuilt parts of the destroyed city as the pagan city of Aelia Capitolina, the camp found itself at the end of the cardo maximus. [15] At the time, Legio X was the sole legion assigned to maintain the peace in Judaea, and was directly under the command of the governor of the province, who was also legatus of the legion. [16]
The governor was the province's chief judge. He had the sole right to impose capital punishment, and capital cases were normally tried before him.To appeal a governor's decision necessitated travelling to Rome and presenting one's case before either the praetor urbanus, or even the Emperor himself, an expensive, and thus rare, process.
In 193, when Septimius Severus seized power, he was the Legatus legionis of Legio I Italica on the lower Danube and was involved in the campaign against Pescennius Niger. Then sometime between 193 and 196 he was the dux exercitus of Moesia and Byzantium. In 197, Marius Maximus was the dux exercitus of Moesia and Lugdunum.