Aeneatores
Aeneatores (ahenatores, Ammian. 24.4) were those who blew upon wind instruments in the Roman army, namely, the bucinatores, cornicines, tubicines, liticines, and they were so called because all these instruments were made of aes or bronze. (Paul. Diac. p. 20, Müll.; Mommsen, I. R. No. 4232; Suet. Jul. 32.) Aeneatores were also employed in the public games. (Sen. Ep. 84.) A collegium aeneatorum is mentioned in inscriptions. (Orelli, Inscr. No. 4059.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.