Tesserarius
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title:
Tesserarius
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A tesserarius was a watch commander in the Roman army. They organized and had command over the nightly guard assigned to keep watch over the fort when in garrison or on campaign and were responsible for getting the watchwords from the commander and seeing that they were kept safe. There was one tesserarius to each centuria. They held a position similar to that of a first sergeant of a company in modern armies and acted as seconds to the optiones. Tesserary pay was one and a half times (sesquipli
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Watch commander in the Roman army
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesserarius
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2023-12-26T17:19:02Z
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