Sentence examples for equestrian class from inspiring English sources
Gaius also put eminent nonsenators (probably defined by wealth, but perhaps limited to the equites, or equestrian class) in charge of the quaestio repetundarum, whose senatorial members had shown too much leniency to their colleagues, and he imposed severe penalties on senators convicted by that court.
Beginning in January, the emerald lawns of the Palm Beach Polo Equestrian Club are transformed into the Cosequin Winter Equestrian Festival, a vast, luxurious tent camp accommodating a 10-week occupation by what Gore Vidal once characterized as America's stealth rulers, and Lewis Lapham has more delicately termed "the equestrian class".
His father was initially a member of the equestrian class, but was later elevated to the rank of senator.
By this time he had been raised to the rank of praetor, a position which was not normally granted to Romans of the equestrian class.
The Seii were Romans of the equestrian class (or knights), the lower of the two upper social classes of the Roman Republic and the early Roman Empire.
Like Egypt, which had been conquered after the defeat of Antony in 30 BC, Syria was governed not by a proconsul or legate of Augustus, but a high prefect of the equestrian class.
Mr. Bolaño exempts few among Chile's intellectuals from accommodation with privilege and the equestrian classes (civil and military).
While Zach prepared to compete in an equestrian jumping class, I enjoyed myself wandering around the grassy vendors' court, lined with shops, pretty hats, fancy belts, shirts and riding gear.
Phillips comes from an equestrian family.
The mayor's daughter's standing as a world class equestrian has to make signing this legislation especially satisfying.
The Club lifestyle, which comes with a hefty price tag, includes use of two Jack Nicklaus golf courses, a state-of-the-art fitness center with spa, two pools, tennis courts, and a world-class Equestrian Center with an indoor ring and box stalls as large as some New York City apartments.
