office
Magister Equitum
master of horse
also: magister equitum, master of horse
The deputy appointed by a Roman dictator, ranking next after him. Antony held this office under the dictator Caesar in 47 BC, the period of much of the abuse in Phil. 2.62-71.
Reading notes
- On the Laws §3.9 command the cavalry
The magister equitum (master of horse), the dictator's deputy and second-in-command, of equal standing with the praetor as arbiter of justice. He was named by the dictator on appointment.
- Second Philippic §62 master of horse
The magister equitum was the dictator's chief deputy; Antony held the post under Caesar from 47 BC, an office Cicero says he disgraced by drunkenness and plunder.