Decurio
The head or representative of a
decuria.
1.
The head of the
decuriae into which the curiae and the Senate were
divided. See
Decuria.
2.
The head or commander of the
decuriae of the Equites. But
decurio was in later times the name of an officer of a division of cavalry,
though such division might contain any number of men (Veget.
Mil. ii. 14).
3.
The head or representative of a
decuria in corporations. In like
manner we find a
decurio cubiculariorum, a
decurio
palatii, a
decurio ostiariorum, a
decurio
Germanorum, and there was even a decurio of slaves in the imperial household (Orelli,
2785).
4.
The most important decuriones were those in the municipal towns, who are the subject of the
following article.