Eirenarchos | Militia commander. |
Eirènikè schèma | Peacetime attire ie without full equipment. |
Ektaxis | Battle order. |
Ektraordinarios | Greek term for extraordinarius . |
Elephans turritus | Turreted elephant. |
Emansor | Deserter. |
Emerita statio | Completed tour of duty. |
Emeritus | Soldier having served mandatory time. veteran. |
Eparchos | Officer. |
Eparchos ilès | 'Wing commander'. Greek term for praefectus alae . |
Eparchos speirès | Equestrian officer. Greek equivalent of praefectus cohortis and praefectus alae . |
Eparchos toon toxotoon | Commander of archers. |
Epi toon topoon | Ín charge of the vicinity'. Greek title for centurio regionarius . |
Epibata | Marine. |
Epikouros | Auxiliary. |
Epilektos | Elite soldier. |
Epimelètès | Officer. commander. |
Epiploos | Ship's guard. |
Epistula commendaticia | Letter of recommendation. credential. |
Eques | Cavalryman. |
Eques alaris | Cavalryman belonging to auxiliary ala . |
Eques Augustorum | Praetorian cavalry trooper. |
Eques Batavus | A - Batavian horseman.
B - imperial horse guard trooper, not necessarily recruited from that particular tribe. |
Eques capsarius | Mounted medical orderly. |
Eques cohortalis | Trooper belonging to cohors equitata . |
Eques dominorum nostrorum | 'Horseman of our lords'. tetrarchic imperial horse guard trooper. |
Eques indigena | Local cavalryman. |
Eques legionis | Legionary horseman. |
Eques praetorianus | Cavalryman attached to cohors praetoria . |
Eques promotus | Mounted legionary or praetorian. |
Eques protector | Legionary cavalryman acting as bodyguard. |
Eques Romanus | 'Roman knight'. member of equestrian class. |
Eques sagittarius | Horse archer. |
Eques singularis | A - auxiliary trooper serving in the governor's guard.
B - legionary cavalryman serving as bodyguard of senior officers. |
Eques singularis Augusti | Trooper of imperial horse guard. |
Eques speculator | 'Scout' or 'spy'. mounted scout. |
Eques stablesianus | 'Stableboy'. mounted legionary. |
Equitatus | Cavalry. |
Equus | A - horse.
B - horse standard, one of the five original legionary standards in the republican Roman army. |
Equus publicus | Horse provided at state expense to a select body of Roman knights and senators. |
Equus privatus | Mount provided at own expense. |
Evocatus | Reenlisted veteran. |
Evocatus Augusti | Reenlisted veteran from cohortes praetoriae . |
Euzonos | Light infantryman. |
Ex frumentario | Former military intelligence officer. |
Exactus | Accountant. |
Exarchus | Late Roman cavalry officer. |
Exauctoritas | Discharge from military service. |
Excerptor | Shorthand secretary. clerk. |
Excubia | Guard post. |
Excubitor | Late Roman guardsman. |
Excubitus | Guard duty. |
Exculcator | Skirmisher. |
Exercitatio | Military exercise. |
Exercitator | Cavalry instructor. |
Exercitus | Army. |
Exercitus Germanicus Inferior | The provincial army of Germania Inferior . |
Expeditio | Imperial field campaign. |
Expeditus | A - soldier without marching pack.
B - soldier with light equipment. |
Exploratio | Reconnaissance mission. |
Explooratoor | Scout. transliteration of explorator . |
Explorator | Scout. |
Extraordinarius | Picked soldier from republican allies. |
Exuviae | Plundered weaponry and equipment. |
