The magister equitum, like the Dictator, had unchallengeable authority in all civil and military affairs, with his decisions only being overturned by the Dictator himself.
Диктатор назначал себе в заместители т. н. начальника всадников ("magister equitum"), которого сопровождали шесть ликторов (по аналогии с преторами).