tribune: each legion had six tribunes. The most senior was the broad-stripe tribune (tribunus laticlavius), who was a young aristocrat at an early stage of a senatorial career. Such men were in the late teens or early twenties. There were also five narrow-stripe tribunes (tribune angusticlavia), who were equestrians and had normally already commanded a cohort of auxiliary infantry.

triclinia: the three-sided couches employed at Roman meals.

Turma: a troop of Roman cavalry, usually with a theoretical strength of 30 or 32.

valetudinarium: A military hospital.

vicus: the civilian settlement outside a Roman army base.

vitis: the vine cane carried as a mark of rank by a centurion.

About the Author

ADRIAN GOLDSWORTHY studied at Oxford, where his doctoral thesis examined the Roman army. He went on to become an acclaimed historian of Ancient Rome. He is the author of numerous works of non fiction, including Caesar, Pax Romana, Hadrian’s Wall and Philip and Alexander. He is also the author of the Vindolanda series, set in Roman Britain, which first introduced readers to centurion Flavius Ferox

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