In ancient Rome, a camillus (fem. camilla) was an acolyte in various rituals. If the camillus was a child of the cult's officiant (as often happened), the child had to be free-born, under the age of puberty, and both parents had to be alive.
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Marcus Furius Camillus (circa 446- 365 BC) was a Roman soldier and statesman of patrician descent.
To this element probably belongs the story of the schoolmaster who, when Camillus was attacking Falerii, attempted to betray the town by bringing into his camp the sons of some of the principal inhabitants of the place.
Camillus, it is said, had him whipped back into the town by his pupils, and the Faliscans were so affected by this generosity that they at once surrendered.
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