 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1850 - 298 pagine
...man whom he supposed an enemy to him. 37. Centuria. ...prœfcctus, etc. : The Roman army was forrned into legions ; each legion was divided into ten cohorts,...joined to each legion. These were divided into ten turmœ, or troops, and eachiurm« into three decuriœ,oi bodies of ten men. The centuriones were the... | |
 | Peter Bullions - 1850 - 356 pagine
...the Roman army was the legion which when full consisted of 6000 men, but varied from that to 4000. Each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort...three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries. The complement of cavalry (equitatus,) for each legion was three hundred, called Ala, or Justus equitatus.... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1851 - 298 pagine
...gloria : The glory of pardoning a man whom he supposed an enemy to him. 37. Centurio....prafcclus, etc. : The Roman army was formed into legions ; each...joined to each legion. These were divided into ten lurnue, or troops, and e&chturmu into three decuHa,Or bodies of ten men. The centuriones were the officers... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1851 - 320 pagine
...Roman army was divided into legions, each legion having in it 4200 men : every legion, was subdivided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries, containing each nominally one hundred men, having a commander called centurion. Every Roman had three... | |
 | John Lempričre - 1852 - 798 pagine
...conuined no more than 1000 or 1500 men. The legion was generally divided, in the days of the republic, into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries. The different kinds of infantry which composed it were the htutati, »ho »ere young men, and formed... | |
 | Joachim Hayward Stocqueler - 1853 - 384 pagine
...time of peace, ] besides the troops in Italy, and the forces of the allies ; under Adrian, thirty. Each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort...three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries ; so that there were thirty ! maniples and sixty centuries in a legion ; and if there had always been... | |
 | Peter Bullions - 1854 - 370 pagine
...army was the legion, which when full consisted of 6000 men, but varied from that to 4000. 899. — Each legion was divided into ten cohorts; each cohort,...three maniples ; and each maniple, into two centuries. 900. — The complement of cavalry (equitatm), for each legion was three hundred, called Ala, or Justus... | |
 | Sallust - 1855 - 310 pagine
...legion was different at different times, ranging from 3000 to 6000 men. But whatever was the number, each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into three centuries ; and when each century consisted of 100 men, as the name imports, the legion consisted... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1859 - 340 pagine
...gloria : The glory of pardoning a man whom he supposed an enemy to him. 37. Ccnturio....prafeetus, etc. : The Roman army was formed into legions ; each...joined to each legion. These were divided into ten turma, or troops, and each turma into three decuria, or bodies of ten men. The centuriones were the... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1861 - 272 pagine
...Under ordinary circumstances four Legions were levied annually, two being assigned to each Consul. Each Legion was divided into ten Cohorts, each cohort...three Maniples, and each maniple into two Centuries. Consequently there were 10 Cohorts, 30 Maniples, and 60 Centuries in each Legion. The men were separated... | |
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Each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries. 
