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vexillarius

vexillarius · m

A standard-bearer

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Where it lives

Historiae 1 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

vexillārĭus — Lewis & Short

vexillārĭus, ii, m.vexillum.

I A standard-bearer, ensign.

A Lit., Liv. 8, 8, 4; Tac. H. 1, 41.—

B Transf., a leader, captain of a band of robbers, App. M. 4, p. 146.—

II vexillārĭi, ōrum, m., in the times of the emperors, the oldest class of veterans, the last summoned, Tac. A. 1, 38; id. H. 2, 83; 2, 100; Veg. Mil. 2, 110 fin. al.

In the wild

vexillarius Tacitus, Historiae 1.42

Where it came from

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