Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), V, Veterinarius, Vexillarii

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Vexillarii

The oldest class of Roman veterans, who, at the end of their period of service, retired from the legion, but were kept together under a standard (vexillum) up to the time of their final dismissal. They formed, by the side of the legion,

Staff for Vexillum. (From a bronze original, given by Rich.)

a select corps like the evocati of earlier times. They were exempt from ordinary service, and only bound to take part in actual fighting. See Evocati.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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