Miltary Culture Flashcards
Primi ordines
The first rank of five senior centurions
Legatus
The officer commanding a legion
Optio
Deputy
Signifer
Standard-bearer
Tesserarius
One who organized the guards and distributed the passwords
Vitis
A cane with which the soldiers were beaten with
Primi pilus
Most senior centurion
Praefectus castrorum
Commander of the camp
Tribunus laticlavius
Senior tribune with a broad stripe
Tribuni angusticlavii
Tribunes with the narrow stripe
Equites
Low social class
Principia
Headquarters
Praetorium
Living quarters of the commanding officer
Valetudinarium
Hospital
Via praetoria
Street that ran from the main gate to the front entrance of the headquarters
Via principalis
Street that extended across the whole width of the fortress
Via quintana
Street that passed behind the headquarters and extended across the width of the fortress
Vallum
Ditch that the fortress was surrounded by
Basilica
Great hall
Sacellum
Chapel
Aquila
Image of eagle
Aquilifer
Eagle-bearer
Domus Urbana
Italian style house
Contubernium
Eight man section of the barracks
Vici
Settlements