How to Evaluate an Equestrian in the Roman Empire

Originally it was the censors. So at the beginning of the roman state, the equites were the cavalry. They had to be assess to make sure that they had the necessary property qualification every five years during the census. But then all appointments were officially made by the emperor o. So you could, in theory, lose your equestrian status very much. And there r veryo sor of moral and physical criteria which you had to fulfil as well.