DUCCENARIUS, in antiquity, an officer in the
Roman army, who had the command of 2000 men.
The emperors had also ducenarii among their procu-
rators or intendants, called procuratores ducenarii. Some-
say, that these were such whose salary was two hun-
dred sesterces; as in the games of the circus, horses
hired for two hundred sesterces were called ducenarii.
Others hold, that ducenarii were those who levied the
two hundredth penny, the officers appointed to inspect
the raising of that tribute. In the inscription at Pal-
myra, the word ducenarius, in Greek δουκάριος, occurs
very often.