Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "The draco ("dragon" or "serpent", plural dracontes) 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. The draco may have been introduced to the Roman cavalry by Sarmatian units in the 2nd century. According to Vegetius, in the 4th century a draco was carried by each legionary cohort.The dragon was originally a Dacian emblem. According to Fiebiger, the Romans adopted it from the Dacians, after their defeat or from the Parthians."@en }
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- Draco_(military_standard) abstract "The draco ("dragon" or "serpent", plural dracontes) 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. The draco may have been introduced to the Roman cavalry by Sarmatian units in the 2nd century. According to Vegetius, in the 4th century a draco was carried by each legionary cohort.The dragon was originally a Dacian emblem. According to Fiebiger, the Romans adopted it from the Dacians, after their defeat or from the Parthians.".