- 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 sub-subunit
organized unit of
soldiers in the
Roman Army and was
composed of ten legionaries...
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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...
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became a
synonym of
centuria (in 4 BC it was used for a maniple). Ten
contuberniums formed a century,
composed of 80 legionaries.
Commanding this unit was...
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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...
- brothers-in-arms, but
without the
domestic closeness of the eight-man
contubernium.
Cohorts replaced maniples as
organisational units. The mani****r system...
-
cited verses from the
Tanakh to the
first Roman contubernium, who then converted. The
second contubernium was also converted,
after he
juxtaposed God's...
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cavalry unit (turma) of 10 to 30
eques legionis. Dec****:
commanded a
contubernium or ten men tent party,
eight soldiers and two non-combatants. A group...
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status that
permitted them to do so. In this quasi-marital union,
called contubernium,
children seem
often to have been desired, in
contrast to concubinatus...
