Vexillarius

His duty was to carry the vexillum, a military standard displaying the name and emblem of the legion.

[1] This standard consisted of a woven fabric banner, hung on a crossbar attached to a pole or lance.

They had privileged status and were exempt from most basic duties other than combat or those other special skills they may have supplied.

Thirdly, vexillarius might have referred to any soldier serving in a temporary detachment or vexillation, away from the parent unit.

Where a vexillarius was a standard-bearer (vexillifer), he will have had, place of the customary crest, the top of the helmet decorated with animal fur, such as a lion or wolf.