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.