 | Julius Caesar - 1848 - 426 pagine
...troops as it could muster. — Omnino, " only." 1 8. Lcgio. In the time« of the Republic, each legion was divided into ten cohorts; each cohort into three...maniples; and each maniple into two centuries. So tbat there were thirty maniples and sixty centuries in a legion ; and i/ there had always been one... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1850 - 300 pagine
...enemy to him. 37. Centuria. ...prœfcctus, etc. : The Roman army was forrned into legions ; each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries. There were also 300 cavalry usually joined to each legion. These were divided into ten turmœ, or troops,... | |
 | Peter Bullions - 1850 - 358 pagine
...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 into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries. The complement of cavalry (equitatus,) for each legion was three hundred, called Ala, or Justus equitatus.... | |
 | Sallust, Charles Anthon - 1851 - 368 pagine
...about the time of Polybius, was 420. 3. Centuria prími pili. " The chief centurion." Each Roman legion was divided into ten cohorts ; each cohort into three...centurions in each maniple, called by the same name, hut distinguished by the title prior, "former," and posterior, "latter," because the one was chosen... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1851 - 298 pagine
...enemy to him. 37. Centurio....prafcclus, etc. : The Roman army was formed into legions ; each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries. There were also 300 cavalry usually joined to each legion. These were divided into ten lurnue, or troops,... | |
 | 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 Lemprière - 1852 - 800 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 - 388 pagine
...peace, besides the troops in Italy, and the forces of the allies ; under Adrian, thirty. Each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three...there were thirty ' maniples and sixty centuries in a I legion ; and if there had always [ been a hundred men in each century, as its name imports, the legion... | |
 | Peter Bullions - 1854 - 370 pagine
...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, into 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
...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... | |
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Each Roman legion was divided into ten cohorts ; each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries. So that there were thirty maniples and sixty centuries in a legion. There were two centurions in each maniple, called by the same name,... 
