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This video covers many of the ranks that were crucial to the operation of not only the legions, but entire provinces, and in turn, the Empire itself! For some reason, these were so "forgotten" to the public, that it took a considerable amount of research to present. There are still more ranks known to us, which I excluded to mention due to the video's length, but which I will be sharing in YouTube community posts. It is also important to note that not all centurions were recruited from the ranks. Some were given the position right away, if they were members of the equestrian order or municipal aristocracies. Such centurions would also be seen in a higher regard that those that raised from the ranks.
Sources:
B. Rankov. (1999) "The Governor's Men" in The Roman Army as a Community Goldsworthy & Haynes eds., Portsmouth:Rhode Island
Y. Le Bohec. (2016). Encyclopedia of the Roman Army Wiley Blackwell.
CIL III, 00839: https://edh-www.adw.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD048569
CIL II 04122: http://eda-bea.es/pub/record_card_1.php?rec=9834
ILS 02382: https://edh-www.adw.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD072780
P. Kovâcs, Á. Szabó. (2009). Tituli Aquincensis. nr. 00499: https://edh-www.adw.uni-heidelberg.de/edh/inschrift/HD068393
CIL XII, 02234: https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/dessau/de-a0471.pdf
D. J, Breeze. (1969). The immunes and principles of the Roman army. Doctoral thesis, Durham University. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/10478/
