Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Emeriti

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

EMER'ITI. Roman soldiers who were discharged from military duty (Val. Max. vi. 1. 10. Ov. Trist. iv. 8. 21.), having served the full time required by law; viz. twenty years for legionaries, and sixteen for the praetorians. Tac. Ann. i. 78. Dion Cass. lv. 23.