A (: ) was a junior officer in the Roman army. The 's job was to signal salutes to officers and sound orders to the legions. The played the (making him an ). always marched at the head of the centuries, with the tesserary and the . The were also used as assistants to a centurion (like an ). The was a duplicary or a soldier who got double the basic pay of the legionary.
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The late Roman writer Vegetius in his work wrote:
See also Music of ancient Rome
References
Vegetius De re militari, Vegetius, Book II Alexandrescu, Cristina-Georgeta (2010). Blasmusiker und Standartenträger im römischen Heer. Untersuchungen zur Benennung, Funktion und Ikonographie. Cluj-Napoca: Mega. ISBN 978-606-543-064-8. Roman Empire