EQUESTRIAN PROCURATORS, Numbers and Costs






NUMBERS

under AUGUSTUS
a total of 25 procurators

under TIBERIUS
a total of 29 procurators

under CALIGULA
a total of 29 procurators

under CLAUDIUS
a total of 39 procurators.

under NERO
a total of 45 procurators.

under VESPASIAN
a total of 55 procurators.

under DOMITIAN
0 procurators with a salary of 300,000 sesterces
29 procurators with a salary of 200,000 sesterces
21 procurators with a salary of 100,000 sesterces
12 procurators with a salary of 60,000 sesterces
a total of 62 procurators.

TRAJAN
0 procurators with a salary of 300,000 sesterces
32 procurators with a salary of 200,000 sesterces
29 procurators with a salary of 100,000 sesterces
18 procurators with a salary of 60,000 sesterces
a total of 80 procurators.

HADRIAN
0 procurators with a salary of 300,000 sesterces
36 procurators with a salary of 200,000 sesterces
36 procurators with a salary of 100,000 sesterces
35 procurators with a salary of 60,000 sesterces
a total of 107 procurators.

ANTONINUS PIUS
0 procurators with a salary of 300,000 sesterces
36 procurators with a salary of 200,000 sesterces
37 procurators with a salary of 100,000 sesterces
36 procurators with a salary of 60,000 sesterces
a total of 5109 procurators.

MARCUS AURELIUS
1 procurators with a salary of 300,000 sesterces
35 procurators with a salary of 200,000 sesterces
45 procurators with a salary of 100,000 sesterces
46 procurators with a salary of 60,000 sesterces
a total of 127 procurators.

COMMODUS
1 procurators with a salary of 300,000 sesterces
36 procurators with a salary of 200,000 sesterces
48 procurators with a salary of 100,000 sesterces
51 procurators with a salary of 60,000 sesterces
a total of 136 procurators.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
10 procurators with a salary of 300,000 sesterces
37 procurators with a salary of 200,000 sesterces
56 procurators with a salary of 100,000 sesterces
71 procurators with a salary of 60,000 sesterces
a total of 174 procurators.

CARACALLA
12 procurators with a salary of 300,000 sesterces
37 procurators with a salary of 200,000 sesterces
56 procurators with a salary of 100,000 sesterces
77 procurators with a salary of 60,000 sesterces
a total of 182 procurators.


ANNUAL EXPENSES
FOR SALARIES

AUGUSTUS
spent a total of 4,000,000

DOMITIAN
spent a total of 0 sesterces on tricenarii;
spent a total of 5,800,000 sesterces on ducenarii;
spent a total of 2,100,000 sesterces on centenarii;
spent a total of 720,000 sesterces on sexagenarii;
for a total of 8, 620,000 sesterces on procuratorial salaries.

TRAJAN
spent a total of 0 sesterces on tricenarii;
spent a total of 6,400,000 sesterces on ducenarii;
spent a total of 2,900,000 sesterces on centenarii;
spent a total of 1,140,000 sesterces on sexagenarii;
for a total of 10,440,000 sesterces on procuratorial salaries.

HADRIAN
spent a total of 0 sesterces on tricenarii;
spent a total of 7,200,000 sesterces on ducenarii;
spent a total of 3,600,000 sesterces on centenarii;
spent a total of 2,100,000 sesterces on sexagenarii;
for a total of 12.900,000 sesterces on procuratorial salaries.

ANTONINUS PIUS
spent a total of 0 sesterces on tricenarii;
spent a total of 7,200,000 sesterces on ducenarii;
spent a total of 3,700,000 sesterces on centenarii;
spent a total of 2,160,000 sesterces on sexagenarii;
for a total of 13,060,000 sesterces on procuratorial salaries.

MARCUS AURELIUS
spent a total of 300,000 sesterces on tricenarii;
spent a total of 7,000,000 sesterces on ducenarii;
spent a total of 4,500,000 sesterces on centenarii;
spent a total of 2,760,000 sesterces on sexagenarii;
for a total of 14,560,000 sesterces on procuratorial salaries.

COMMODUS
spent a total of 300,000 sesterces on tricenarii;
spent a total of 7,200,000 sesterces on ducenarii;
spent a total of 4,800,000 sesterces on centenarii;
spent a total of 3,060,000 sesterces on sexagenarii;
for a total of 15,360,000 sesterces on procuratorial salaries.

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS
spent a total of 3,000,000 sesterces on tricenarii;
spent a total of 7,4000,000 sesterces on ducenarii;
spent a total of 5,600,000 sesterces on centenarii;
spent a total of 4,260,000 sesterces on sexagenarii;
for a total of 20,260,000 sesterces on procuratorial salaries.

by A.D. 249 the Government spent a total of 3,600,000 sesterces on tricenarii;
spent a total of 7,400,000 sesterces on ducenarii;
spent a total of 5,600,000 sesterces on centenarii;
spent a total of 4,260,000 sesterces on sexagenarii;
for a total of 21,220,000 sesterces on procuratorial salaries.


SOURCE: H.-G. Pflaum, Les procurateurs équestres sous le Haut-Empire romain (Paris 1950), p. 106.
January 28, 2010 12:02 PM

John Paul Adams, CSUN
john.p.adams@csun.edu

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