- A
cornicen (pl.: cornicines) was a
junior officer in the
Roman army. The
cornicen's job was to
signal salutes to
officers and
sound orders to the legions...
- "flute
playing bear" (Ursus tibicen) and a "horn-blowing chicken" (Pullus
cornicen), that may have been part of such a mimus. The
following list includes...
- in
charge of security, the signifer, who
carried the banner, and the
cornicen, who
transmitted orders by trumpet. In the
political context the centuria...
- peace.
Cornu from the
Roman Museum in Aalen,
Germany Cornicen on Trajan's
Column Tombstone of a
cornicen from No****um The
cornu was
originally made from...
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functioned as the legionaries' banker. He was
graded pay
twice the
basic wage.
Cornicen ("horn blower"):
worked hand in hand with the
signifer drawing the attention...
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Spurius Oppius Cornicen was a
Roman politician and
member of the
Second Decemvirate in 450 and 449 BC.
According to
Dionysius of Halicarn****us, Spurius...
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Postumus Aebutius Helva Cornicen (fl. c. 442–435 BC) was
consul at Rome in 442 BC, and
magister equitum in 435.
Aebutius was
elected consul for the year...
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dressed as
animals named Ursus tibicen (flute-playing bear) and
Pullus cornicen (horn-blowing chicken),
perhaps as
accompaniment to
clowning by paegniarii...
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Aebutii used the
cognomen Helva (also
found as Elva in some sources).
Cornicen was a
personal surname belonging to one of the Helvae. No
patrician Aebutius...
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expenses of the men.
Signifers typically received double pay. Lastly, a
cornicen,
equipped with a cornu,
served as a signaller, and
received double pay...
