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A ''cornicen'' (plural ''cornicines'') was a junior officer in the Roman army. The ''cornicens job was to signal salutes to officers and sound orders to the legions. The ''cornicines'' played the ''Cornu (horn), cornu'' (making him an ''aeneator''). ''Cornicines'' always marched at the head of the centuries, with the tesserarius, tesserary and the signifer. The ''cornicines'' were also used as assistants to a centurion (like an ''optio''). The ''cornicen'' was a duplicarius, duplicary or a soldier who got double the basic pay of the legionary.
''De re militari'', Vegetius, Book II
*Roman Empire
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A ''cornicen'' (plural ''cornicines'') was a junior officer in the Roman army. The ''cornicens job was to signal salutes to officers and sound orders to the legions. The ''cornicines'' played the ''Cornu (horn), cornu'' (making him an ''aeneator''). ''Cornicines'' always marched at the head of the centuries, with the tesserarius, tesserary and the signifer. The ''cornicines'' were also used as assistants to a centurion (like an ''optio''). The ''cornicen'' was a duplicarius, duplicary or a soldier who got double the basic pay of the legionary.
The cornicen
The late Roman writer Vegetius in his work ''De re militari'' wrote:See also
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*Vegetius''De re militari'', Vegetius, Book II
*Roman Empire
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