10-04-2007, 04:06 PM
Quote:I didn't make it up. Reference my last post: I quote Cowen directly.SOCL:qjpo28jl Wrote:... which is also carried by the tesserarius (Cowen, Roman Legionary, 58BC-AD69, 50.).Nope -- it's an optio! (Plate B, Commentary on p. 61: "The optio is identified by his knobbed staff ...")