Class of voluntarily reenlisted soldier in the Ancient Roman army
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Statue of Jupiter Dolichenus from Carnuntum, erected by Atilius Primus, an evocatus of the Legio XIV Gemina. The dative form ēvocātō is visible at left.
An evocatus (pl.: evocati) was a soldier in the Ancient Roman army who had served out his time and obtained an honorable discharge (honesta missio) but had voluntarily enlisted again at the invitation of the consul or other commander.[1]
An evocatus (pl.: evocati) was a soldier in the Ancient Roman army who had served out his time and obtained an honorable discharge (honesta missio) but...
List of Roman army unit types Military establishment of the Roman Empire Evocatus, related Roman rank Kazhdan, Alexander, ed. (1991). Oxford Dictionary of...
the Roman Emperors. Usually commanded by a tribunus of praetorian rank. Evocatus – A soldier who had served out his time and obtained his discharge (missio)...
however, and were called upon to serve in the battle lines when needed. Evocatus: a veteran of the Roman army who had earned his military diploma for military...
recently. An inscription found near the Furlo pass was set up in AD 246 by an evocatus Augusti (a member of a picked corps) on special police duty with a detachment...
Flavius Maximianus Tribunus Roman knight Italian? Praeneste (Latium)? evocatus (veteran) of Cohors I Praetoria (cohort of Praetorian Guard) 237 Aurelius...
mil(itavit) ann(os) XXI / primum exactus librarius / frum(entarius) speculator evocatus The legion's symbol was a capricorn. The legion appeared in Harry Sidebottom's...
subjugated. Veterans could be called back into the service of the legion as evocatus at the request of a commander, provided they agreed. In addition to the...
PRAETORIAE - served as a cavalryman in Cohors VII, Praetorian Guard; 4. EVOCATUS - had served out his time in Coh. VII of the Praetorians and had made a...
type locality for species †Parattus – type locality for genus †Parattus evocatus – type locality for species †Parattus latitatus – type locality for species...
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