Auxiliaries (Roman Military) - Recruitment, Ranks and Pay

Recruitment, Ranks and Pay

The evidence for auxiliary ranks and pay is scant, even less than the patchy evidence for their legionary counterparts. The available data may be summarised as follows:

AUXILIA RANKS AND PAY (mid 1st century)
Pay scale
(as multiple of basic)
Cohors infantry rank
(in ascending order)
Amount
(denarii)
XXX Ala rank
(in ascending order)
Amount
(denarii)
1 (caligati = "rankers") pedes (infantryman) 188 gregalis (ala cavalryman) 263
1.5 (sesquiplicarii = "one-and-half-pay men") tesserarius (corporal) 282 sesquiplicarius (corporal) 395
2 (duplicarii = "double-pay men") signifer (centuria standard-bearer)
optio (centurion's deputy)
vexillarius (cohort standard-bearer)
376 signifer (turma standard-bearer)
curator? (decurion's deputy)
vexillarius (ala standard-bearer)
526
Over 5 centurio (centurion = centuria commander)
centurio princeps (chief centurion)
beneficiarius? (deputy cohort commander)
940 + decurio (decurion = turma commander)
decurio princeps (chief decurion)
beneficiarius? (deputy ala commander)
1,315 +
50 praefectus or tribunus (cohort commander) 9,400 praefectus or tribunus (ala commander) 13,150

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