Tesserarius

The Tesserarius (from Latin tessera clay tablet) was a rank in a Roman legion . The Tesserarius was the head of the Centurie's guard room and thus one of the Centurion's assistants .

function

The Tesserarius was responsible for all strength reports and the watch reports of his unit , which were then sent to the legate or to any higher position in the legion. In the security service , the Tesserarius was responsible for issuing the slogan and organizing the watch. He received one and a half times as much pay as the common legionnaire ( miles gregarius ). Together with the Cornicularius , the Aquilifer , the Signifer and the Beneficarius , he was one of the centurion's most important collaborators.

See also

• List of ranks and branches of service in the Roman army
• Company sergeant

literature

• Alfred von Domaszewski : The hierarchy of the Roman army . 3. Edition. Böhlau Verlag, Bonn 1981, ISBN 3-412-05280-9 .
• Michael A. Speidel : Pay and economic situation of the Roman soldiers . In: Géza Alföldy , Brian Dobson , Werner Eck (eds.): Emperor, Army and Society in the Roman Empire. Commemorative for Eric Birley . Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-515-07654-9 , pp. 65-96 (articles in German, English, French and Italian).
• Gabriele Wesch-Klein : Social aspects of the Roman army in the imperial era . Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-515-07300-0 (plus habilitation thesis, University of Heidelberg 1995).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hans Delbrück : The ancient world. From the Persian Wars to Caesar ( History of the Art of War ; Vol. 1). Nikol Verlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 3-937872-41-8 , p. 519 (reprint of the Berlin 2000 edition)