- 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...
- Look up
contubernium in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Contubernium may
refer to
Contubernium, quasi-marital
relationship involving slaves in ancient...
-
cavalry (14-30 men).
Often confused with dec****. Dec**** –
Leader of a
contubernium (a
legionary tent
group of 8 men).
Discens –
Miles in
training for an...
- was in an
unofficial type of
relationship with Vespasian,
known as
contubernium,
before his marriage.
According to Suetonius,
after the
death of Vespasian's...
-
cited verses from the
Tanakh to the
first Roman contubernium, who then converted. The
second contubernium was also converted,
after he
juxtaposed God's...
- brothers-in-arms, but
without the
domestic closeness of the eight-man
contubernium.
Cohorts replaced maniples as
organisational units. The mani****r system...
-
contubernium,
which consisted of the
squad of
eight legionaries who
lived in the same tent, plus the two
support units/servants of the
contubernium....
- with 20
support staff making up the
remainder of the 100 men. Each
contubernium (the
minimal unit in the
Roman legion)
consisted of ten
soldiers who...
