buc(c)ina (f. pl. buc(c)inae)
Horn. Used to sound the watches, hence third watch was tertia bucina. Livy 26.15. [Goldsworthy 2003]
Horn. Used to sound the watches, hence third watch was tertia bucina. Livy 26.15. [Goldsworthy 2003]
Helmet cheekpiece. Juv., Sat. 10.34. [Bishop and Coulston 2006]
Biscuits issued to soldiers as rations. Amm. 17.8.2; HA, Pesc. Nig. 10.4. [Goldsworthy 2003]
Literally ‘biscuit man’, a member of a private army in the Late Empire. See also foederatus [Southern and Dixon 1996]
Unit summary roll under the Dominate. Veg., DRM 2.19; HA, Sev. Alex. 21. [Fink 1971]
Trousers or leggings. Tac., Hist. 2.20; HA, Sev. Alex. 40.5; P. Mich. 8.467.22. [Sumner 2009]
Unit twice awarded the torques. AE 1930, 92; 1980, 496; CIL XI, 5669. [Maxfield 1981]
A soldier’s possessions accumulated during his service with the army. Dig. 42.6.1. See also peculium castrense [Brand 1968]
Unit twice awarded the armilla. AE 1930, 92. [Maxfield 1981]
A warship with two levels of rowers. Tac., Hist. 5.23. See also liburna [Goldsworthy 2003]
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