09-01-2007, 12:28 AM
Quote:"The Contubernalis was the first man of an eight man contubernium unit. A normal soldier without command he was most likely in charge of various tent or barracks duties."
The same site (no longer a live link) says the same position is held by the decanus...so no clarity.
I have heard to the soldiers referred to as conterbernales, but not a single individual.
But as I have posted and searched for the last couple of hours regarding decurion/decanus trying to ascertain the name of the barracks/tent "head" its nice to know that the source is actually Vegetius and an 19th century book on Latin and Greek military terms, so at least I know where the idea came from, even if it is not ceratin it was a term used by 1st century Romans.
Phew :wink:
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