page_title: Cornicen
section_title: The cornicen
hierarchical_section_title: Cornicen / The cornicen
caption_attribution_description: Roman soldiers: cornicen — players of the cornu (horn). From the cast of Trajan's column in the Victoria and Albert museum, London.
context_page_description: A cornicen was a junior officer in the Roman Army. The cornicen's job was to signal salutes to officers and sound orders to the legions. The cornicines played the cornu. Cornicines always marched at the head of the centuries, with the tesserary and the signifer. The cornicines were also used as assistants to a centurion. The cornicen was a duplicary or a soldier who got double the basic pay of the legionary.
caption: Cornicen on Trajan's column.
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