"Did Roman centuries carry a standard or fieldsign" Topic

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Brownand	26 Dec 2017 8:13 a.m. PST
As the topic: did legionary or auxiliarry centuries carry any standard or field sign? And if they did, how did these look? Thanks for answering
DrSkull	26 Dec 2017 8:19 a.m. PST
There was a soldier in each century with the title "signifer" I.e., "sign bearer", so one would assume there was a sign to bear.
GurKhan	26 Dec 2017 9:21 a.m. PST
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signifer legionxxiv.org/signum
Brownand	27 Dec 2017 1:34 a.m. PST
Thanks very much for the links and information
79thPA	27 Dec 2017 9:07 a.m. PST
Nice link.
goragrad	28 Dec 2017 10:58 a.m. PST
Interesting – I had remembered the maniple as the smallest unit to carry a standard. A reminder to keep more current with changes in archeology and history.

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