I am trying to track down the crest / rank insignia for a Decanus or Contubernium

A ten man tent commander (section commander in the present day commonwealth military) I believe - and I am only learning at this phase - is called a Decanus. 

I once held the rank of a section commander - ten man commander - and my name is Dean. 

I had once found a crest (I will see if I can dig it up) that was reportedly that of a Decanus (Legionnaire-type body with armour, roosters head, snake for a leg, holding I believe something like a Trident on a circle). 

the significance of my name and Mil service has not escaped me 

Any help would be greatly appreciated

I write my master's thesis about distribution of water in ancient Ostia and I need your help. Do you have any pdfs, scans of books or something about aqueducts, baths, latrines, etc. in ancient Ostia or general in ancient Rome?

With best regards

I've been reading letters of cicero and pliny, and I just found out there are extant letters of augustus which I never knew existed. I was wondering if someone could direct me to where I might be able to find publications of letters from other people. I would like to read all extant letters from ancient rome, if possible. Is there a compilation I can buy, or a site that lists all current translations? I'm proficient only in english. I'm desperate to find these other letters.

Thank you so much for your help,

Agro

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Adrienne Mayor is an independent folklorist/historian of science who investigates natural knowledge contained in pre-scientific myths and oral traditions. Her research looks at ancient "folk science" precursors, alternatives, and parallels to modern scientific methods. Mayor's two books on pre-Darwinian fossil traditions in classical antiquity and in Native America have opened up a new field within geomythology, and her book on the origins of biological weapons uncovered the ancient roots of biochemical warfare. The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy is Mayor's latest book, and won top honors (Gold Medal) for Biography, Independent Publishers' Book Award 2010. We conducted an Interview with Adrienne Mayor in 2010.

Dr Arthur Keaveney is senior lecturer in Classical Studies at the Univeristy of Kent. He is teaching and researching in ancient history, Greek & Roman, particularly the Roman republic and Achaemenid Persia. Publications include Rome and the Unification of Italy, Lucullus; A Life and Sulla; The Last Republican

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Dr Heather (DPhil (Oxon), Lecturer (CUF) in Modern History) at Worcester College, Oxford University, has published widely on the later Roman Empire (East and West), its cross-border relations, and the political, social and cultural history of its successor states in the period c250-600 AD. His current interests include the role of propoganda in the late Roman elite, and the related phenomena of ethnicity and migration among the groups who dismantled the western half of the Roman Empire.

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The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Visigoths

The Huns

(Professor Dr. Bryan Ward-Perkins is a lecturer in Modern History at the University of Oxford, and Fellow and Tutor in History at Trinity College. His research concentrates on the period of transition from the Roman world to that of the Middle Ages, above all in the Mediterranean region. He has published widely on the subject, most recently 'The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization', and is a co-editor of The Cambridge Ancient History.)

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