Aeneatores

The aeneatores were the military musicians of the Roman army . They included the tubicines ( tuba blowers ), the cornicines (horn blowers) and the bucinatores (trumpeters). They were responsible for sending orders.

The term is documented, for example, in Frontinus (1st century) or Ammianus Marcellinus (4th century). So far, only one document is known to be inscribed.

The civil Collegia aeneatorum must be distinguished from this .

literature

• Conrad Cichorius : Aeneatores 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 595.
• Günther Wille: Musica Romana . BR Grüner, Amsterdam 1967, pp. 101-102.
• Yann Le Bohec : Aeneatores. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 1, Metzler, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-476-01471-1 , column 186.

Remarks

1. ^ Frontinus, strategemata 2, 4, 2.
2. ↑ Ammianus Marcellinus, res gestae 16, 12, 36; 24, 4, 22.
3. ↑ CIL XIII, 6503 , from Steinbach in Baden, 3rd century.