Draco (military standard)

The draco ("dragon" or "serpent", plural dracones) was a military standard of the Roman cavalry. Carried by the draconarius, the draco was the standard of the cohort, as the eagle (aquila) was that of the legion.^[1]

The draco may have been introduced to the Roman army after the Dacian wars by Dacian, and Sarmatian units in the second century.^{[citation needed]} According to Vegetius, in the fourth century a draco was carried by each legionary cohort.^[2]

^ Yust 1953, p. 570.
^ Vegetius 2.13; Pat Southern and Karen R. Dixon, The Late Roman Army (Yale University Press, 1996), p. 98.

[FOOTNOTEYust1953570-1] Yust 1953, p. 570.

[2] Vegetius 2.13; Pat Southern and Karen R. Dixon, The Late Roman Army (Yale University Press, 1996), p. 98.

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