decurion
Led ten soldiers
A decurion was a Roman cavalry officer commanding a unit of ten horsemen, or more broadly, a local magistrate in Roman provincial towns who served on the municipal council.
The term appears most often in historical texts about Roman military organization and colonial administration.
The decurion led his men in a flanking maneuver during the battle.
Roman military serviceman
- cohortGroup sharing circumstances
- cavalryMounted military force
- legionGreat number, or soldiers
- manipleLiturgical forearm garment
standard-bearer · auxiliary · praetorian · legate · tribune · pilum · gladius · scutum
Administrative assembly hall
- councilorElected local official
- municipalOf city government
- magistrateCivil judicial officer
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
provincial · ordo · citizenship · taxation · assembly · ordinance · jurisdiction · administration
legionary
Roman military serviceman
maniple · standard-bearer · auxiliary · praetorian · legate · tribune · pilum · gladius · scutum · testudo
curia
Administrative assembly hall
- councilorElected local official
- municipalOf city government
- magistrateCivil judicial officer
colony · provincial · ordo · citizenship · taxation · assembly · ordinance · jurisdiction · administration · forum
decuriontrooper
Mounted soldier or patroller
cavalryman · ranker · private