...legion into manipuli, and of the distinctions of hastati, principes and triarii. Each legion was then divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries, making thirty maniples and sixty centuries in a legion. In the regular order of battle, the Roman legions...

...the cohort called the Italian. The Roman army was divided into legions, each of which was subdivided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries, containing from fifty to one hundred men, under the command of a centurion, who thus answered to the...

...the cohort called the Italian. The Roman army was divided into legions, each of which was subdivided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries, containing from fifty to one hundred men, under the command of a centurion, who thus answered to the...

...Under ordinary circumstances four Legions were levied annually, two being assigned to each Consul. Each Legion was divided into ten Cohorts, each cohort into...three Maniples, and each maniple into two Centuries. Consequently there were 10 Cohorts, 30 Maniples, and CO Centuries in each Legion. The men were separated...

...numbers of men at different periods, from 3000 to above 6000, often with a complement of cavalry. Each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into...maniples, and each maniple into two centuries.— 2. Any military force. I myself beheld the king Charge at the head of all his Table Round. And all...

...pick, gather], (a levy, aud so) legton (a full legion in Caesar's time contained about 6000 men; the legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into...three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries). legionarius, -a, -um, adj. [legion (st. of legio), legion], pertaining to legions, legionary. lego,...

...numbers of men at different periods, from 8,000 to above 6,000, often with a complement of caralry. Each legion was divided Into ten cohorts, each cohort Into...three maniples and each maniple into two centuries. Any military force. L. of Honor, an order instituted in France by Napoleon when first consul, as a...

...(besides the cavalry) called auxiliaries. In later times the Roman army chiefly consisted of these. Each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into...three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries. Each century consisted, when complete, as its name implies, of 100 men. The principal officers in the...

...has the nominative of the writer and ad with the accusative of the receiver. CentnriOIIlS. A Roman legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into...three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries. Each century was commanded by a centurion, an officer subordinate to the tribunes. One of the two centurions...

...different times, and usually combined with a large body of cavalry. The ancient legion had 300 horse. Each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into...three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries. „ 13. s'abritant de leurs boucliers : the Roman shields or bucklers were usually of wood covered...