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Keywords: Turma, Cavalry, Empire, Roman, Army
A head or chief over ten; especially, an officer who commanded a division of ten soldiers.
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a member of the city council, or senator, of a municipum or colony outside of Rome; lit. a leader of/among ten
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A member of the civitas council (ordo) who looked after affairs within the local region.
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an officer in command of ten men in the army of the roman empire
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One of three commanders of a turma of Roman cavalry.
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Leader of 10 men in the Roman army. Patrols are usually led by decurions. Compare this to Centurion (q.v.).
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A decurion was a cavalry officer in command of a troop or turma of thirty soldiers in the army of the Roman Empire.
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A decurion was a member of a city council in the Roman Empire.
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