A decurion (Latin: decurio; pl.: decuriones) was a Roman cavalry officer in command of a squadron (turma) of cavalrymen in the Roman army. During the Roman...

δέκαρχος is recorded as early as 135 AD, where it appears as an equivalent of decurion in the Alanica of Arrian. The Miracles of Saint Demetrius mentions the...

mid-level landowners who served in their local curia as local magistrates and decurions. Curiales were expected to procure funds for public building projects...

from weapons to horn blowing. Draconarius – Bearer of a cavalry standard. Decurion – Leader of a troop of cavalry (14-30 men). Often confused with decanus...

the auxilia) that a discharge bonus may have been paid. Below centurion/decurion rank, junior officers in the Roman army were known as principales. An auxiliary...

formation of 16 men led by a lochagos. Subordinate to the lochagos was the decurion, who commanded a squad of 10 men; the pentarch, who commanded four other...

appointed by the consuls; and the three decurions that led each squadron (turma) of legionary cavalry (a total of 30 decurions per legion). As their name implies...

commander of the century. Prestige varied based on the cohort they supervised. Decurion – commander of a turma (cavalry unit). Optio – equivalent to a sergeant...

that there existed, as in all Roman cavalry units, the officer rank of decurion. The exact size of the unit, which was at least partially mounted, is also...

Hijack (1980) – Olafsen The Sea Wolves (1980) – Maclean Masada (1981) – Decurion Marco Polo (1982) – Old Sailor Diana (1984) – Uncle Mark Tangiers (1982)...

soldiers when the century they were attached to was not in the vanguard. Decurion: commanded a cavalry unit (turma) of 10 to 30 eques legionis. Decanus:...

plunder the enemies' territory under the command of three of the four military Tribunes (Lucius Valerius Potitus headed for Anzio, Gnaeus Cornelius Cossus...

1) David Opatoshu as Shimon Richard Pierson as Ephraim Jack Watson as Decurion (eps. 2–3) Joseph Wiseman as Jerahmeel, Head Essene (ep. 1) Co-starring...

the magistracy of the decurions. De curialibus et de agnatione vel distractione praediorum et de ceteris negotiis, "Decurions, Their Children and The...

(company, 80 men-strong) in the infantry (both legionary and auxiliary) and a decurion led a turma (squadron, 30-men strong) in the auxiliary cavalry (in the...

remained the same as under the Principate up to and including centurion and decurion. In the new-style units, (vexillationes, auxilia, etc.), ranks with quite...

administrative apparatus (decurions, aediles, etc.). Urban life in Roman Dacia seems to have been restricted to Roman colonists, mostly military veterans; there...

decempedal, decemvirate, decemviri, decennary, decennial, decennium, decuple, decurion, decurionate, decury, dicker, doyen, doyenne decimus decim- tenth decimal...

composed of two duumvirs and two aediles. Advisory powers were held by the decurions, appointed members of the local equivalent to the Senate. In later years...

senatorial and equestrian. Outside Rome, cities or colonies were led by decurions, also known as curiales. "Senator" was not itself an elected office in...

that there existed, as in all Roman cavalry units, the officer rank of decurion. The exact size of the unit, which was at least partially mounted, is also...

in the senate were doing so primarily to escape the harsh duties of the decurion Theodosius I decreed that they must complete their public service even...

Decurio was an official title in Ancient Rome, used in various connections: Decurion (administrative), a member of the senatorial order in the Italian towns...

and on the spurs of the Djebel Asker By AD 166 mention is made of the decurions of a vicus, 10 curiae of which are known by name; and the vicus became...

guard the interior. The watch, which was composed of eight men led by a decurion, ran from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm, and was divided into four shifts, each of...

Ranisstorum. As reward, Trajan decorated Maximus and promoted him to the rank of decurion (leader of a turma), the cavalry equivalent of centurion in the infantry...

friend and colleague, the decurion Julius Julianus, dating from the latter half of the second century. Tertinius Catullinus, decurion of a town in Germania...

September, and levied from individual landowners by decuriones (decurions). These decurions, analogous to city councilors, were responsible for paying from...

lower end of the hierarchy. Hadrian found it necessary to clarify that decurions, the usually middle-class, elected local officials responsible for running...

Plainclothes Man (uncredited) Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) – The Decurion (uncredited) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) – Casey Moore (uncredited)...