The symbol thunderbolt is used as an identification of his weapon, the oak was his sacred tree, and his primary sacred animal is the eagle. It took priority over other birds in the taking of auspices and became one of the most common Roman army symbols (Aquila). As the god of the ...
A single position within the Legion. The Aquilifer was theLegion's Standard or Eaglebearer and was an enormously important and prestigious position. The next step up would be a post as a Centurion. Signifer Each Centuria had a Signifer (59). He was responsible for the men's pay and savin...
Gaius Marius is also credited with the introduction of the eagle standard, theaquila, given to each legion and which became a focus of loyalty and affection for the troops. Image of a Roman eagle standard, or ‘aquila’ (Wikimedia Commons) The Roman army of the early Republic was now dras...
Klinis became a hypaietos (an under-eagle) . . . Lykios was changed into a raven that was white but later by the wish of Apollon, he became of a sable colour, because he had been the first to announce the marriage of Koronis (Coronis), daughter of Phlegyas, to Alkyoneus (...
which ment that they were held back from discharge. Their service in the praetorians meant they either went on to perform specialist military duties or it simply qualified them either for service as centurions. These centurionates would usually be taken up in praetorian guard itself or in the ci...
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Not only this, but the legions also placed so much emphasis on togetherness that their legionary standard (Aquila: Latin for "Eagle") almost become a symbol for a form of worship and reverence. To lose it was considered such a symbol of disgrace and tragedy, that soldiers willingly risked ...
"I would be a winged husband, to dance carrying lightly a wife on my back unshaken, as Kronides (Cronides) [Zeus] did with Aigina (Aegina); that mated with her I might beget a new eagle, another bridestar to attend on weddings for the Erotes (Loves)."Nonnus...
(1928). Quite apart from passages of the Code, "the writings of both Seneca and Tacitus show that even under the Roman Empire men had become accustomed to the idea that laws existed to control rulers." Seagle, The Quest for Law Z23 (.1941.). 142. See 2 Reeves, History of the ...
yes, but not in the way that you were asking. romans really loved hemp as a plant and they loved how easy it was to make ropes with it. we find hemp products all over the place and hemp, the word for it in latin is cannabis. so you can see the connection, but there's no ...