Re: Tribunicia potestate

Wait a sec, Tiberius first received tribunicia potestas in 6 BCE, but for
only 5 years. Was it renewed in 1 BCE while he was in Rhodes? The next
mention of Tiberius receiving tribunicia potestas, I thought, was in 4 CE.

At 04:14 AM 4/30/2004 -0400, I wrote:
> I found this passage in Wikipedia [and have deleted it for now]
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribune :
>
> As a result, there was never actually an "office" of emperor; emperors'
> reigns were dated by their assumption of ''tribunicia potestas'', and the
> actual constitutional position of the emperor was that of ''pontifex
> maximus'' (P.M.) ''tribunicia potestate'' (trib. pot.).
>
> I know it is not true that Tiberius' reign was dated by his assumption of
> tribunicia potestas [yikes! that would put the start of his reign a decade
> earlier] and so forth, but was it true in the late Empire? And "actual
> constitutional position" was that of ''pontifex maximus'' (P.M.)
> ''tribunicia potestate'' (trib. pot.)"?
>
> Ling Ouyang
> http://janusquirinus.org/


Ling Ouyang
http://janusquirinus.org/