Signifer

Signifer

A signifer was a standard bearer of the Roman legions. He carried a "signum" (standard) for a cohort or century. The signum he carried was the military emblem of that unit. It was composed of a number of "philarae" (disks), along with a number of other elements mounted on a pole, topped with a leaf-shaped spear head or a "manus" (human hand) image. It sometimes included a representation of a wreath, probably denoting an honor or award.

In the Roman Republic the term signifer probably applied to all standard bearers, but in the Empire the signifer was just one of a number of types of signiferi, which also included aquilifers, imaginifers, duplicarii, vexillarii and draconarii.

ee also

*Aquilifer
*Imaginifer
*Vexillarius
*Draconarius
*Guide-on


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