Corniculary

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A '''corniculary''' ({{langx|la|corniculārius}}) or '''cornicular''' was an officer of the Roman legions who served as the adjutant to a centurion,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Freund |first1=William |last2=Lewis |first2=Charlton Thomas |title=Harpers' Latin Dictionary: A New Latin Dictionary Founded on the Translation of Freund's Latin-German Lexicon |date=1884 |publisher=Harper & brothers |page=470 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IyAjAQAAMAAJ |language=la}}</ref> so named for wearing a "cornicule" (Latin: ''corniculum''), a small, horn-shaped badge supposed to have been worn on the office-holder's helmet.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Migotti |first1=Branka |title=Saxa loquuntur: Roman Epitaphs from North-Western Croatia: Rimski epitafi iz sjeverozapadne Hrvatske |date=30 April 2017 |publisher=Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |isbn=978-1-78491-567-4 |page=15 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1kxmEAAAQBAJ |language=hr}}</ref>

==See also== * List of Roman army unit types

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Military ranks of ancient Rome Category:Ancient Roman titles

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