ORIGINS
Origins of EQUESTRIAN OFFICIALS
In the First Century A.D., the percentage of Italians was 55% (number of examples was 39).
In the Second Century A.D. , the percentage of Italians was 51% (number of examples was 53)
In the Third Century A.D., the percentage of Italians was 28.5% (number of examples was 26).
In the First Century A.D., the percentage of Westerners was 22% (number of examples was 15).
In the Second Century A.D. , the percentage of Westerners was 21% (number of examples was 22)
In the Third Century A.D., the percentage of Westerners was 12% (number of examples was 11).
In the First Century A.D., the percentage of Africans was 0% (number of examples was 0).
In the Second Century A.D. , the percentage of Africans was 12.5% (number of examples was 13)
In the Third Century A.D., the percentage of Africans was 27% (number of examples was 25).
In the First Century A.D., the percentage of Easterners was 23% (number of examples was 16).
In the Second Century A.D. , the percentage of Easterners was 15% (number of examples was 16)
In the Third Century A.D., the percentage of Easterners was 32% (number of examples was 29).
Total number of origiins in the First Century: 70.
Total number of origiins in the First Century: 104.
Total number of origiins in the First Century: 91.
These figures are offered for illustrative purposes only. Most information is based on inscriptions, whose recovery has usually been accidental. The origins of many officials known to us are irrecoverable, and we certainly have only a small fraction of the huge number of officials of Equestrian rank who must have been in government service during these three centuries. The margin of error is, therefore, considerable.
Data based on information in: H.-G. Pflaum,
Les procurateurs équestres sous le Haut-Empire romain (Paris 1950), pages 171-172, 173-174, 182-185, and 190-193.
Origins of ROMAN SOLDIERS
Between the Reigns of AUGUSTUS and CALIGULA
ITALY 207
SPAINS 8
GAULS 35
MACEDONIA 14
ASIA MINOR 50
SYRIA and EGYPT 14
AFRICA 7
NORICUM-RAETIA-DALMATIA 0
GERMANIES 0
PANNONIA-MOESIA 0
DACIA 0
THRACIA 0
Percentage of Italians: 65%
Between the reigns of CLAUDIUS and NERO
ITALY 117
SPAINS 18
GAULS 59
MACEDONIA 9
ASIA MINOR 11
SYRIA and EGYPT 3
AFRICA 4
NORICUM-RAETIA-DALMATIA 12
GERMANIES 0
PANNONIA-MOESIA 0
DACIA 0
THRACIA 0
Percentage of Italians: 48.7%
Between the reigns of VESPASIAN and TRAJAN
ITALY 73
SPAINS 16
GAULS 51
MACEDONIA 6
ASIA MINOR 43
SYRIA and EGYPT 56
AFRICA 22
NORICUM-RAETIA-DALMATIA 23
GERMANIES 20
PANNONIA-MOESIA 15
DACIA 0
THRACIA 2
Percentage of Italians: 21%
From the reign of HADRIAN to the end of the Second Century:
ITALY 17
SPAINS 17
GAULS 34
MACEDONIA 10
ASIA MINOR 21
SYRIA and EGYPT 79
AFRICA 786
NORICUM-RAETIA- DALMATIA 56
GERMANIES 35
PANNONIA-MOESIA 237
DACIA 50
THRACIA 99
Percentage of Italians 0.9%
These figures are offered for illustrative purposes only. Most information is based on inscriptions, whose recovery has usually been accidental. The origins of most soldiers known to us are irrecoverable, and we certainly have only a tiny fraction of the huge number of soldiers who must have been in government service during these three centuries. The margin of error is, therefore, considerable.
SOURCE: Graham Webster, The Roman Imperial Army (1969), page 108.
