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...

Spurius Oppius Cornicen was a Roman politician and member of the Second Decemvirate in 450 and 449 BC. According to Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Spurius...

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...

peace. Cornu from the Roman Museum in Aalen, Germany Cornicen on Trajan's Column Tombstone of a cornicen from Novaesium The cornu was originally made from...

distinctive by imperial times. The chief surnames of the Oppii were Capito, Cornicen or Cornicinus, and Salinator, of which Capito and Salinator occur on coins...

the late empire. They were the soldiers that replaced the legionaries. Cornicen – A bugler. Doctor – A trainer, subdivisions for everything from weapons...

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...

dressed as animals named Ursus tibicen (flute-playing bear) and Pullus cornicen (horn-blowing chicken), perhaps as accompaniment to clowning by paegniarii...

"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...

expenses of the men. Signifers typically received double pay. Lastly, a cornicen, equipped with a cornu, served as a signaller, and received double pay...