Rome and the Conquest of Mesopotamia (Book 8 of the Veteran of Rome Series)

by William Kelso

  Tesserarius, Roman army watch/guard officer, third in line of company command

  Tessera tile, A small stone carried by the Tesserarius on which the daily password was written down

  Testudo formation, Roman army formation and tactic

  Tibiscum, Fort in Dacia

  Tigris, major river in Iraq

  Tribune (military), A senior Roman army officer

  Trireme, A fast agile galley with three banks of oars

  Tutela, the duties of guardianship

  Urban cohorts, A kind of anti-riot police force in ancient Rome

  Island of Vectis, Isle of Wight, UK

  Velarium, Retractable canvas roof over the Roman colosseum.

  Velum, Parched animal skin used as writing paper

  Vestal Virgins, Female priestesses of ancient Rome

  Vespasian, Roman Emperor 69-79 AD

  Vexillatio(n), Temporary Roman army detachment.

  Viminacium, Roman town on the Danube in modern Serbia

  Via Traiana Nova, Roman road between Bostra and the red sea port of Aila (Aqaba)