concept
the public horse
public horse
also: equus publicus
The horse maintained at state expense for a citizen enrolled in the eighteen equestrian centuries; its removal by the censors was a public disgrace.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 24 §18 their horses were taken away who had a public horse
The horse maintained at state expense for a citizen enrolled in the eighteen equestrian centuries; its removal by the censors was a public disgrace.
- The History of Rome, Book 27 §11 the public horse
The state-furnished cavalry horse of the equites equo publico; its withdrawal was a mark of disgrace.