![]() ![]() It was usually but not always necessary for the man nominated as Magister Equitum to have already held the office of Praetor. ![]() In the Dictator's absence, the Magister Equitum became his representative, and exercised the same powers as the Dictator. The Magister Equitum was granted a form of imperium, but at the same level as a praetor, and thus was subject to the imperium of the Dictator and was not superior to that of a Consul. The Dictator could not be without a Magister Equitum to assist him, and, consequently, if the first Magister Equitum either died or was dismissed during the Dictator's term, another had to be nominated in his stead. The nomination of the Magister Equitum was left to the choice of the Dictator, unless a senatus consultum specified, as was sometimes the case, the name of the person who was to be appointed. The Magister Equitum served as the Dictator's main lieutenant. The original Master of the Horse ( Latin: Magister Equitum) in the Roman Republic was an office appointed and dismissed by the Roman Dictator, as it expired with the Dictator's own office, typically a term of six months in the early and mid-republic. ![]()
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