Tacitus explains that Augustus, at the end of his live, talked about who could be worthy for his position and who would try to reach it if the chance was given. Four senators were mentioned in that conversation: Marcus Lepidus, Asinius Gallus, Lucius Arruntius and Cnaeus Piso. Not long ago, their cursus honorum had only one post that linked them all, the ordinarius consulate. Now, it is possible to add a second one, the governorship of the Hispania citerior. In this article we look at the cursus of this four senators and judge the prestige this governorship had in the Julio-Claudian period.

Keywords: capaces imperii, roman provincial administration, roman senators, roman provincial governors, Tacitus, Marcus Lepidus, Asinius Gallus, Lucius Arruntius, Cnaeus Piso, Augustus, Tiberius.