Prefectus Castrorum

• The Prefectus Castrorum was the Camp Prefect of a Roman Legion.
• He was the third in Command after the Legate and the Tribunus Laticlavius.

Description

• Unlike the Legate and the Tribunus Laticlavius, he was not from the Patrician class, but an ordinary Roman Citizen.
• The Camp Prefect was a very experienced soldier, who had usually served as a senior centurion, Primus Pilus, and completed his 25 years service.
• He was the Officer who drilled the Legion in peacetime, and advised the Tribunus Laticlavius in wartime.
• In the absence of his two superiors, he would take command of the Legion.
• British Army equivalent: Lieutenant Colonel, commissioned from the Ranks.