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- In ancient Rome, contubernium was a quasi-marital relationship between two slaves or between a slave (servus) and a free person who was usually a former...
- The contubernium (Latin for 'tenting-together') was the smallest organized unit of soldiers in the Roman Army and was composed of ten legionaries, essentially...
- shared a single A-frame tent together. A contubernium was led by a dec****, appointed from within the contubernium, and was most likely the longest-serving...
- brothers-in-arms, but without the domestic closeness of the eight-man contubernium. Cohorts replaced maniples as organisational units. The mani****r system...
- cavalry (14-30 men). Often confused with dec****. Dec**** – Leader of a contubernium (a legionary tent group of 8 men). DiscensMiles in training for an...
- Look up contubernium in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Contubernium may refer to Contubernium, quasi-marital relationship involving slaves in ancient...
- cited verses from the Tanakh to the first Roman contubernium, who then converted. The second contubernium was also converted, after he juxtaposed God's...
- us that each carroballista was carried by mules and operated by one contubernium (i.e., eight soldiers commanded by one dec****). Surviving representation...
- contubernium, which consisted of the squad of eight legionaries who lived in the same tent, plus the two support units/servants of the contubernium....
- fought first and foremost with his contubernium, the basic eight man unit of the Roman army. The men of the same contubernium fought, slept, ate, and trained...