My senator’s military role is a legitimate example of the cursus honorum that functioned in Roman society in that before a patrician man could hold a magisterial office, id est, becoming a member of the senatorial class, he had to serve in a military capacity for the state (Lendering 2002). During this period of service, my senator would have had to have served under a more senior commander, and Tiberius would have served in this capacity. Upon return from the mandatory military service, a member of the senatorial class would serve in various magisterial roles, as a quaestor around the age of 30, as an aedile at 37, a praetor at 40, and then as a consul at the age of at least 43 (Lendering 2002). The consular position itself, while seen as the pinnacle of a Roman senator’s career, was coloured by whether it was during the first or latter half of the year, and this is presented in this way to emphasise the prestige associated with the position. The final part of my response includes reference and quotations to the mannerisms of Tiberius in his ways of speaking and deliberation.…