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...

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

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...

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

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

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:...

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

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...

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

(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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

tablets contain various letters of correspondence. For instance, the cavalry decurion Masculus wrote a letter to prefect Flavius Cerialis inquiring about the...

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...

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...

as the infantry auxilia and the cavalry Scholae lacked centurions and decurions, but had centenarii and decenarii instead. These are mentioned both in...

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

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

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

questioned the Christians in 177. They also took care of elections and the Decurion council. As Capital of Gaul, Lugdunum had several important political and...