A partly damaged inscription from
Alsium in
Etruria provides us the details of his
cursus honorum. The last two surviving letters on the last line of this inscription,
tr[...], have been restored to read
tri[umviro a(ere) a(rgento) a(uro) f(lando) f(eriundo)], or the office of
tresviri monetalis, the most prestigious of the four boards that comprise the
vigintiviri; assignment to this board was usually allocated to
patricians or favored individuals. However, another possible restoration produces the reading
tr[ibuno mil] or
military tribune of an unknown unit. Either restoration is equally possible. His next known appointment was as military tribune with
Legio VII Gemina; multiple commissions as military tribune, although uncommon, were not unprecedented. This was followed by the
sevir equitum Romanorum of the annual review of the
equites at Rome. Then Secundus was elected to the office of
quaestor, and upon completion of this traditional Republican magistracy he would be enrolled in the Senate. The traditional Republican magistracies of
plebeian tribune and
praetor followed. After he completed his duties as praetor, Secundus was admitted to the
Fratres arvales, an ancient
collegium revived by
Augustus a century before. Secundus is attested as serving as
magister in the year 117; the
Acta Arvalia records his appearance at their rituals in January 118 and May 124. At the same time he was commissioned
legatus legionis or commander of
Legio XI Claudia, then stationed at Durostorum (modern
Silistra). This was followed by a second commission as
legatus of
Legio III Augusta, then stationed in
Theveste (present day
Tébessa) in North Africa; the unit may have relocated to
Lambaesis while he was commander.
Werner Eck estimates his commission ran from the year 120 to 123, when he returned to Rome to accede to his consulate. Only one office after his consulship is known for Secundus, attested by the inscription from Alsiensis:
curator operum locorumque publiorum, or overseer of the public works and places. His life after this point is a blank. == References ==