id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-7356 Military tribune - Wikipedia .html text/html 1633 337 56 A military tribune (Latin tribunus militum, "tribune of the soldiers", Greek chiliarchos, χιλίαρχος) was an officer of the Roman army who ranked below the legate and above the centurion. Young men of Equestrian rank often served as military tribune as a stepping stone to the Senate.[1] The tribunus militum should not be confused with the elected political office of tribune of the people (tribunus plebis) nor with that of tribunus militum consulari potestate. Additionally, in the early Republic, another type of military tribune was sometimes chosen in place of the annually elected consuls to be the heads of the Roman State. These are known in Latin as tribuni militum consulari potestate, "Military Tribunes with Consular Authority". Six tribunes were still posted to a legion, but their duties and responsibilities had changed, becoming more a political position than a military rank. ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7356.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7356.txt