Cornicen
A  (plural ) was a junior officer in the Roman army. The 's job was to signal salutes to officers and sound orders to the legions. The  played the  (making him an ). always marched at the head of the centuries, with the tesserary and the . The  were also used as assistants to a centurion (like an ). The  was a duplicary or a soldier who got double the basic pay of the legionary. The 

The late Roman writer Vegetius in his work  wrote:

See also
 Music of ancient Rome

References
Vegetius
De re militari, Vegetius, Book II
 Alexandrescu, Cristina-Georgeta (2010). Blasmusiker und Standartenträger im römischen Heer. Untersuchungen zur Benennung, Funktion und Ikonographie. Cluj-Napoca: Mega. ISBN 978-606-543-064-8. Roman Empire

Military ranks of ancient Rome
Ancient Roman music