Tesserarius
A tesserarius (from tessera, a small tile or block of wood on which watchwords were written) is a watch commander in the Roman army. There is one tesserarius to each centuria.
Responsibilities
The tesserarius organizes and has command over the nightly guard assigned to keep watch over the fort when in garrison or on campaign and are responsible for getting the watchwords from the commander and seeing that they were kept safe. They also serve as the third in command of a century. These men fight as normal soldiers when the century they are attached to is not in the vanguard.
Benefits
Tesserary pay was one and a half times (sesquiplicarii) that of the standard legionary pay.
Type
Civic, Military, Not Commissioned
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