| In 140 Marcus was raised to the consulship, and in 145 his betrothal was consummated by marriage. |
| The casual, almost formulaic, reference to the fact that this was Galba's second consulship certainly prompts a reader to wonder about his first. |
| The quaestorship might be spent in one, the praetorship and the consulship were sure to be followed by a year abroad. |
| Mr Harris handles the big set pieces superbly, especially a knock-down, drag-out fight for the consulship. |
| One of the greatest attractions of the praetorship and consulship was that they conferred imperium, which gave the bearer the right to command armies. |
| Thereafter came praetorship and consulship, and finally the quinquennial office of censor, the crown of a republican politician's career. |
