 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Signum militaria yaiva zviratidzo zvemauto eRoma. Chiyereso chekare zvikurusa chakashandiswa navaRoma chinonzi chakanga chiri chigunwe manipulus chetsanga chakasungirirwa kumusoro kwepfumo kana kuti danda. Nokudaro boka ravarwi raiva rayo rainzi maniple. Sumbu reuswa kana kuti fern rakakurumidza kuteverwa nemifananidzo yemhuka, idzo Pliny Mukuru H.N. x.16 anodudza shanu dzadzo: gondo, mhumhi, nzombe ine musoro womunhu, bhiza, uye mbizi. Pashure pokukundwa kunoparadza kweRoma paHondo yeArausioKurwisana neCimbri neTeutons mupurisa Gaius Marius akaita shanduko huru yechiuto muna 104 BC umo makumbo mana akaiswa parutivi semitemo, gondo Aquila roga richichengetwa. Yakanga yakagadzirwa nesirivha, kana kuti ndarira, nemapapiro akatambanudzwa, asi zvimwe yakanga iri duku zvikuru, sezvo mutakuri wemureza signifer pasi paJulius Caesar achinzi mumamiriro ezvinhu enjodzi akanga abvuta gondo padanda raro ndokurivanza mumapfundo ebandauko rake. 