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Romans in Britain - Glossary of military terms
Category: History and Culture > Romans
Date & country: 12/12/2007, UK Words: 983
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GorytosQuiver.
GradusA - marching pace. B - military rank.
Gradus deiectioReduction in military rank.
Gradus militarisMeasured military marching pace.
Gradus plenusFull step. more relaxed step better suited for marching.
Gravis armaturaHeavy armed.
GregalisPrivate. common soldier.
GregariusPrivate. ranker.
GromaSurveying instrument.
GrosphomachosJavelineer. legionary skirmisher.
GrosphosJavelin.
GubernatorHelmsman.
HalysidootosMail coat.
HarpagoHarpoon.
HastaSpear.
Hasta amentataThonged javelin.
Hasta puraSpear without iron tip used as a military decoration.
Hasta velitarisLight throwing spear with soft iron tip.
HastariusSpearman.
Hastatus'Spearman'. legionary heavy infantryman.
Hastatus posteriorDeputy to hastatus prior.
Hastatus priorCenturion commanding a manipulus of hastati .
HastileA - wooden practice spear. B - staff of the optio centuriae .
HastiliariusWeapons instructor.
HastulaSmall spear.
HègemoonCommander.
Hekatontarchès'Commander of hundred'. Greek term for centurio .
Hekatontarchès lonchophoroon'Centurion of the spearmen'. commander of elite legionary lonchophoroi or lancearii .
Hekatontarchia'Unit of hundred'. Greek term for centuria .
HelepolisSiege tower.
HemistrigiumBarracks buiding housing a centuria .
Herculiani'Hercules's own'. tetrarchic elite legion.
HibernaWinter quarters.
HippagoHorse transport.
HipparchosCavalry commander.
HippeusCavalryman.
Hippeus lègionariosLegionary cavalryman.
Hippeus singoularisGuard cavalryman.
Hippeus tès legioonosLegionary horseman.
Hippika gymnasia'Cavalry sports'. spectacular demonstration manoeuvres in which two teams of cavalrymen showed off their horsemanship and weapons skills.
HippikonCavalry.
HippotoxotèsHorse archer.
HodopoiosPioneer. road-surveyor.
HolosidèrosHeavily armoured soldier. Greek term for cataphractus or clibanarius .
Honesta missioHonourable discharge.
Honesta missio ex causaHonourable discharge granted to wounded or sick soldiers.
HoplitèsHeavy armed soldier.
HoplitikonThe heavy armed. Greek equivalent of gravis armatura .
HoplomachiaWeapons training.
HoplonWeapon.
HorreaGranaries.
Hospitalitas'Hospitality'. quartering and provisioning arrangements.
HospitiumForced billeting.
HostisEnemy.
HyparchosOfficer.
HypaspistèsGuard soldier.
HypèretèsStaff officer.
HyssosSpear. Greek equivalent for pilum .
Iaculator'Spear thrower'. light legionary foot soldier.
IaculumMissile. javelin.
Ignominiosa missioDishonourable discharge.
Ilarchès'Wing commander'. cavalry officer.
Ilè'Wing'. military unit.
ImaginiferStandardbearer carrying a likeness of the emperor.
ImagoStandard with the emperor's portrait.
ImmounosSoldier exempte…'
PaludamentumOfficers' cloak.
PalusStake used as target for weapons training.
Panis militarisMilitary bread.
PanopliaArmour.
Papilio'Butterfly'. tent.
ParazoniumSword carried by senior officers.
ParmaUsually round buckler.
Parma equestrisCavalry shield.
ParmèUsually round buckler.
ParmulaSmall round shield.
PectoraleBody armour.
PecuariusSoldier attending to live stock.
PedaturaInfantry.
PedesFoot soldier.
Pedes singularisAuxiliary infantry guardsman.
PeditatusInfantry.
PelekophorosAxeman.
PelekusBattle-axe or war hammer.
PellisAnimal skin.
PeltastèsSkirmisher equipped with light shield.
PeltèLight shield.
PentèrèsQuinquereme. galley with five oarsmen on either two or three levels.
PeregrinusA - freeborn provincial without Roman citizenship. B - soldier attached to castra peregrina .
PerfugaTurncoat.
PerikephalaiosHelmet.
PesFoot. length unit of either 294 mm or 332 mm.
PetitorEqustrian requesting military posting.
PezakontistèsInfantry javelineer.
PezosInfantryman.
PhalangariusFoot soldier trained in Macedonian phalanx tactics.
PhalangitèsInfantry man in phalanx .
PhalanxA - close formation of heavy armed infantry equipped with spears and round shields. B - battle line. C - legion.
PhalaricaSpear.
PhaleraDecorative disc.