The Roman Army A to Z: singularis

singularis (m pl. singulares)

A bodyguard (Caes., BG 4.26; AE 1969/70, 583); s. consularis: army commander’s bodyguard (CIL III, 14693; XIII, 8223); s. imperatoris: member of the equites singulares Augusti (CIL VI, 31156); s. legati: bodyguard of a legatus (legionis or Augusti pro praetore) (Tab. Vind. 154.5). See also eques singularis [Goldsworthy 2003]