Imaginifer

{{Short description|Military rank in the Roman Empire}} {{Italics title}} thumb The '''''imaginifer''''' was one of the ''signiferi'' in a legion of the Roman Empire who carried the ''imago'' (the image) of the emperor.<ref name="Bohec2013">{{cite book|author=Yann Le Bohec|author-link=Yann Le Bohec|title=The Imperial Roman Army|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IFWSAgAAQBAJ&pg=PP46|date=28 October 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-95513-7|pages=46–}}</ref>

The ''imaginifer'' was added to the ranks of the legions when the imperial cult was first established during the reign of Augustus.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}} The image was a three-dimensional portrait made from beaten metal. It was carried only in the leading cohort. {{clear}}

==See also== * Aquilifer * Vexillarius * Draconarius

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