03-04-2011, 12:32 AM
Of course, if the cornicer/tubicern was to be positioned within easy reach of the centurio (within the first three ranks for instance) any spoken or shouted commands from the centurio could be quickly translated into trumpet blasts. Why else, after all, have a horn blower as part of the compliment of every century?
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