1) Ancient Roman title
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An optio (plural optiones; optio, optiōnēs, from optāre, `to choose`, because an optio was chosen by his centurion), sometimes anglicized option (though rarely, to avoid confusion with `option`), was a soldier in the Roman army who held a position similar to that of an executive officer in modern armies. The optio seems to have held a rank ...
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Literally, a chosen one, this was the second in command of a century normally chosen by the centurion. The optiones ranked with the standard-bearers as principales and so received double the pay of an ordinary soldier. Various roles held by optiones would include: - optio ab actis urbi - chosen man on administrative staff of the praefectus urbi. - …...
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