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CAMPIDOCTO´RES

CAMPIDOCTO´RES officers who taught soldiers their drill and exercises (Veget. 1.13, 2.23, 3.6, 8, 26: Lamprid. Alex. Sev. 53; Atom. xv, 3.10; Orelli, Inscr, 1790, 3495). In the times of the republic this duty was discharged by a centurion, or veteran soldier of merit and distinction. (Cf. Plin. Pan. 13.)

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