08-31-2007, 11:58 PM
My real interest is not in the cavalry, but what if any the name is of the man elected to represent/lead his conterbernium?
It is not even referred to in Cowan, Connelly or Goldworthy and I am out of books to check that might have the term (if it even exist). Other sites list the same explanation as wikipedia, but since there is a senatorial poistion and since it's root is "ten" it seems it is explained as an officer who governs ten men...(8 soldiers and two slaves?)
I was suprised that is was even used to explain an infantry "position/rank" as I did understand it as a cavalry term, but now I am wondering if there was a term that was used in the infantry.
And that is my question.
Thanks one and all
It is not even referred to in Cowan, Connelly or Goldworthy and I am out of books to check that might have the term (if it even exist). Other sites list the same explanation as wikipedia, but since there is a senatorial poistion and since it's root is "ten" it seems it is explained as an officer who governs ten men...(8 soldiers and two slaves?)
I was suprised that is was even used to explain an infantry "position/rank" as I did understand it as a cavalry term, but now I am wondering if there was a term that was used in the infantry.
And that is my question.
Thanks one and all
Alan Vales
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