This is a typical case. Pmcfecti andtrihuni usually received one of each of the higher decorations, butsometimes two. Legati, if of quaestorian rank, could earn threecoronac, two Jiastae and two vexilla ; if of praetorian, three of eachkind ; if of consular standing, four. It was apparently usual… … Fig. 36. Tombstone of M. Caelius, centurion of the eighteenth legion. the three minor and three higher decorations to be grantedsimultaneously, as their significance had become conventional. Besides the citizen infantry of the legions, the Romans employedcontingents drawn from their allies, under…
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