Cornicen
Image:Cornicen on Trajan's column.JPG|thumb|Cornicines on Trajan's Column
A cornicen was a junior officer in the Roman army. The cornicen's job was to signal salutes to officers and sound orders to the legions. The cornicines played the Cornu . Cornicines always marched at the head of the centuries, with the tesserary and the signifer. The cornicines were also used as assistants to a centurion. The cornicen was a duplicary or a soldier who got double the basic pay of the legionary.