What name was given to one of the ten divisions of a legion?
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"Roman legion A Roman legion (from Latin ""legio"" ""military levy, conscription"", from ""legere"" ""to choose"") was a large unit of the Roman army. In the early Roman Kingdom the ""legion"" may have meant the entire Roman army but sources on this period are few and unreliable. The subsequent organization of legions varied greatly over time but legions were typically composed of around five thousand soldiers. During much of the Republican era, a legion was divided into three lines of ten maniples. In the late republic and much of the imperial period (from about 100 BC), a legion was divided into"
"while the legionaries in the Tenth Cohort were the least experienced. Until the middle of the third century AD, 10 cohorts (about 5000 men total) made up a Roman legion. Originally, a cohort consisted of five ""centuriae"", each commanded by a centurion assisted by junior officers. At various times prior to the reforms, a century might have approx 100 men. The cohort had no permanent commander; it is assumed that in combat, the most senior centurion of the five would have commanded the entire cohort. In order of seniority, the five centurions were titled ""hastatus posterior"", ""hastatus prior"", ""princeps posterior"","
"was typically assigned to a legion, the basic mass fighting force. The legion was split into ten sub-units called cohorts, roughly comparable to a modern infantry battalion. The cohorts were further sub-divided into three ""maniples"", which in turn were split into two centuries of about 80-100 men each. The first cohort in a legion was usually the strongest, with the fullest personnel complement and with the most skilled, experienced men. Several legions grouped together made up a distinctive field force or ""army"". Fighting strength could vary but generally a legion was made up of 4,800 soldiers, 60 centurions, 300 artillerymen,"
"were ten permanent units, composed of 6 centuries and in the case of the first cohort 12 centuries each led by a centurion assisted by an ""optio"". The cohorts came to form the basic tactical unit of the legions. Ranking within the legion was based on length of service, with the senior Centurion commanding the first century of the first cohort; he was called the ""primus pilus"" (First Spear), and reported directly to the superior officers (legates and tribuni). All career soldiers could be promoted to the higher ranks in recognition of exceptional acts of bravery or valour. A newly"
"was not part of the rather administrative ""cursus"", but normally filled by former centurions. (Modern armies have a similar distinction on a lower scale—i.e., between commissioned and non-commissioned officers.) The fighting men in the legion were formed into ""ranks"", rows of men who fought as a unit. Under Marius's new system, legions were divided into ten cohorts (""cohortes"") (roughly equivalent to battalion and immediately subject to the legion), each consisting of three manipula, each of them of two ""centuries"" (a rather small company in modern terms), each consisting of between 60 and 160 men. Each century was led by a"
"Legio X Equestris Legio X ""Equestris"" (Latin: Tenth Legion ""Mounted""), a Roman legion, was levied by Julius Caesar in 61 BC when he was the Governor of Hispania Ulterior. The Tenth was the first legion levied personally by Caesar and was consistently his most trusted. The name ""Equestris"" was applied after Caesar mounted legionaries from the Tenth on horses as a ruse in a parley with the German King Ariovistus in 58 BC because he did not trust his Gallic cavalry auxiliaries from the Aedui tribe. Legio X was famous in its day and throughout history, because of its portrayal"
"each of which was further divided into six centuries of eighty men, commanded by a centurion. The commander of the legion, the legatus, usually held his command for three or four years, often as a preparation for a later term as provincial governor. The legatus, also referred to as general in much of modern literature, was surrounded by a staff of six officers. These were the military tribunes, who - if deemed capable by the legatus - might indeed command an entire section of a legion in battle. The tribunes, too, were political positions rather than purely military, the tribunus"
"newly raised legions must have meant that no one army conformed exactly to one or other of these theoretical archetypes. The legions of the late Republic were, structurally, almost entirely heavy infantry. The legion's main sub-unit was called a ""cohort"" and consisted of approximately 480 infantrymen. The cohort was therefore a much larger unit than the earlier ""maniple"" sub-unit, and was divided into six centuriae of 80 men each. Each centuria was separated further into 10 ""tent groups"" (Latin: ""contubernia"") of 8 men each. Legions additionally consisted of a small body, typically 120 men, of Roman legionary cavalry (Latin: ""equites"
"Legio XIII Gemina Legio tertia decima Geminia, in English the 13th Twin Legion, also known as ""Legio tertia decima Gemina"", was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. It was one of Julius Caesar's key units in Gaul and in the civil war, and was the legion with which he famously crossed the Rubicon on January 10, 49 BC. The legion appears to have still been in existence in the 5th century AD. Its symbol was the lion. Legio XIII was levied by Julius Caesar in 57 BC, before marching against the Belgae, in one of his early interventions in"
"of the legion and commander of the first cohort was called the primus pilus, a career soldier and advisor to the legate. While every normal cohort was composed of five to eight centuries (normally six in secondus to decius cohorts), the one that was led by the ""primus pilus"" (the first) had about ten centuries, or 800 men. It also had a number of other staff, such as cooks, clerks, etc.; that is, non-combatants. In modern infantry ranks, primus pilus would be considered a Lt. Colonel in relation to battalion-size units, though there is no direct corresponding equivalent. Only eight"
"raised to two legions each. In the Republic, legions had an ephemeral existence. Except for Legio I to IV, which were the consular armies (two per consul), other units were levied by campaign. Rome's Italian allies were required to provide approximately ten cohorts (auxilia were not organized into legions) to support each Roman Legion. In the middle of the Republic, legions were composed of the following units: Each of these three lines was subdivided into (usually 10) chief tactical units called maniples. A maniple consisted of two centuries and was commanded by the senior of the two centurions. At this"
"""princeps prior"", ""pilus posterior"". During the reforms in the 1st century AD, the command structure and make-up of the legions was formally laid down, in a form that would endure for centuries. Standard centuriae consisted of 100 men each. The first cohort was made up of five centuries totalling 500 men, the centurion of its 1st century automatically being the most senior in the legion. This century was known as the ""primus pilii"" (first files), and its centurion was known as the ""primus pilus"" (first file or first spear). The Primus Pilus could be promoted to Praefectus Castrorum, or ""Camp"
"65 BC. Caesar needed a third legion for his planned campaign and so he immediately enlisted a new legion, the 10th Legion. Enlisted in March, the legion took as its emblem the bull, an emblem which proved popular with other legions such as Legio V ""Alaudae"" (""Larks""), Legio XI, Legio XII ""Victrix"", and Legio XIII ""Gemina"". The campaign in the summer of 61 BC was very successful and the 10th Legion showed itself to be brave and loyal to Julius Caesar. The Tenth played a crucial part in the Gallic Wars, fighting under Caesar in virtually every battle. At the"
"of 50 ""denarii"" per man, and 500 each to the centurions, indicating that a differential of 10 times was commonplace even in the late Republic. Each legion contained 60 (later 59) centurions, ranked in an elaborate hierarchy. Each of the 10 cohorts was ranked in seniority, the 1st Cohort (whose ""centuriae"", after about AD 80, were double-strength) being the highest. Within each cohort, each of its six ""centuriae"", and thus of its commanding centurion, was likewise ranked. Within this hierarchy, three broad ranks can be discerned: centurions (""centuriones ordinarii""), senior centurions (""centuriones primi ordinis"" or ""first-rank centurions"") and the legion's"
"Legio X Gemina Legio decima Gemina (""The Twins' Tenth Legion""), was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. It was one of the four legions used by Julius Caesar in 58 BC, for his invasion of Gaul. There are still records of the X ""Gemina"" in Vienna in the beginning of the 5th century. The legion symbol was a bull. Early on in its history, the legion was called X ""Equestris"" (""mounted""), because Caesar once used the legionaries as cavalry. In the Gallic Wars, X ""Equestris"" played an important role on Caesar's military success and for this reason is sometimes"
"Cohort (military unit) A cohort (from the Latin ""cohors"", plural ""cohortes"", see wikt:cohors for full inflection table) was a standard tactical military unit of a Roman legion, though the standard changed with time and situation, and was composed of between 360-800 soldiers. A cohort is considered to be the equivalent of a modern military battalion. The cohort replaced the maniple following the reforms attributed to Gaius Marius in 107 BC. Shortly after the military reforms of Marius, each Legion formed 10 cohorts. The cohort was named ""The First Cohort,"" ""The Second Cohort,""... The First Cohort gathered the most experienced legionaries,"
"laticlavius being destined for the senate. Another man, who could be deemed part of the general's staff, was the centurio primus pilus. This was the most senior of all the centurions, commanding the first century of the first cohort. In Latin, ""primus pilus"" means ""first javelin"". The primus pilus also oversaw the everyday operation of the forces. Together with non-combatants attached to the army, a legion would count around 6000 men. The 120 horsemen attached to each legion were used as scouts and dispatch riders. They were ranked with staff and other non-combatants and allocated to specific centuries, rather than"
"so called because his own century was the ""first file"" (""primus pilus"") of the first (rightmost) cohort. Only eight officers in a fully officered legion outranked the ""Primus Pilus"": the legate (""legatus legionis""), commanding the legion; the senior tribune (""tribunus laticlavius""), second-in-command of the legion; the Camp Prefect (""praefectus castrorum""); and the five other tribunes (""tribuni angusticlavii""), who apparently served as senior staff officers to the legate with a rank roughly equivalent to a modern Colonel. Comparisons between the centurion grades and modern officer ranks can lead to many incorrect assumptions. Centurions could be elected, appointed by the Senate, or"
"ordinis was given to an optio who had been accepted for promotion to the centurionate, but who was waiting for a vacancy. Another officer in the century was the tesserarius, who was mainly responsible for small sentry pickets and fatigue parties, and so had to receive and pass on the watchword of the day. Finally there was the custos armorum who was in charge of the weapons and equipment. Front Line 5th Cohort 4th Cohort 3rd Cohort 2nd Cohort 1st Cohort Second Line 10th Cohort 9th Cohort 8th Cohort 7th Cohort 6th Cohort The first cohort of any legion were"
"Mark Antony until the defeat in the Battle of Actium, after which the legion moved into Octavian's army. The veterans settled in Patras. When the legion rebelled under Augustus, it was disbanded, stripped of its ""Equestris"" title, and, being populated with soldiers from other legions, renamed X ""Gemina"". Legio X Equestris Legio X ""Equestris"" (Latin: Tenth Legion ""Mounted""), a Roman legion, was levied by Julius Caesar in 61 BC when he was the Governor of Hispania Ulterior. The Tenth was the first legion levied personally by Caesar and was consistently his most trusted. The name ""Equestris"" was applied after Caesar"
"system of officers which developed within the legions from the Marian reforms (104 BC) until the military reforms of Diocletian (c. 290). The rank of centurion was an officer grade that included many ranks, meaning centurions had very good prospects for promotion. The most senior centurion in a legion was known as the ""primus pilus"" (first file or spear), who directly commanded the first century of the first cohort and commanded the whole first cohort when in battle. Within the second to tenth cohorts, the commander of each cohort's first century was known as a ""pilus prior"" and was in"
"families. There is little evidence about the pay-scales of auxiliary centurions and decurions, but these are also believed to have amounted to several times that of their men. Each legion contained six senior officers, five of equestrian and one of senatorial rank, called ""tribuni militum"" (""tribunes of the soldiers""). The title ""tribune"" derives from the fact that in Republican days, they were elected by the Roman people's assembly (""comitia centuriata"") from the ranks of Roman knights. The elected officers would stand on the ""tribunal"" (dais). Originally the elected tribunes took turns to command their legion in pairs (see Roman army"
"American Legion (Loyalist) The American Legion was a British provincial militia unit raised for Loyalist service late in the American Revolutionary War by Benedict Arnold, the former Continental Army general who had crossed over from the Patriots to the British. The unit was composed primarily of deserters from the Continental Army. ""Legion"" was an 18th-century term for a military unit the size of a regiment, but consisting of infantry and dragoons (cavalry), or infantry, dragoons, and artillery, all under one command to make it more flexible for scouting or irregular operations than a regiment, which consisted of infantry or cavalry"
"Vexillatio A vexillatio (plural ""vexillationes"") was a detachment of a Roman legion formed as a temporary task force created by the Roman army of the Principate. It was named from the standard carried by legionary detachments, the ""vexillum"" (plural ""vexilla""), which bore the emblem and name of the parent legion. Although commonly associated with legions, it is likely that ""vexillationes"" included auxiliaries. The term is found in the singular, referring to a single detachment, but is usually used in the plural to refer to an army made up of picked detachments. ""Vexillationes"" were assembled ad hoc to meet a crisis"
"of the bravest men from the legion) was twice the size of the other cohorts. Each of its five ""centuriae"" was a double centuria of 160 men (rather than 80). The first cohort thus consisted of 800 men. Centurions of these first-cohort double ""centuriae"" were called ""primi ordinis"" (""first rank""), except for the leader of the first ""centuria"" of the first cohort, who was referred to as ""primus pilus"" (first file). The term """"centuria"""" was later used during the Spanish Civil War to describe the informal bands of local militiamen and international volunteers that sprang up in Catalonia and Aragon"
"of the headquarters. The standards of the legion were located on display there, very much like the flag of modern camps. On the other side of the praetorium the ""Via Praetoria"" continued to the wall, where it went through the ""Porta Decumana"". In theory this was the back gate. Supplies were supposed to come in through it and so it was also called, descriptively, the ""Porta Quaestoria"". The term Decumena, ""of the 10th"", came from the arranging of ""manipuli"" or ""turmae"" from the first to the 10th, such that the 10th was near the ""intervallum"" on that side. The ""Via"
"Prefect."" The Praefectus Castrorum would be in charge of the daily running of a legion. These ranks followed the order of seniority in the earlier manipular legions, where the youngest and least experienced units were termed ""hastati"", next ""principes"", and the oldest and most experienced ""triarii"" (""pilus"" was a rare alternative name for ""triarius"", the singular of ""triarii""). The reformed legion numbered about 5,000 men, including officers, engineers and usually a small unit of cavalry (""equites legionis""; 120 men plus horses). Some paramilitary corps in Rome consisted of one or more cohorts, though none were part of a legion: Furthermore,"
"was made up of about 4000 to 5000 legionnaires. Each legion was made up of 10 cohorts, each cohort consisting of 480 legionnaires. A cohort was made up of six groups (centuries) of 80 men. Each century was led by a centurion and was further divided into eight groups called ""contubernia"". While in this stretch the centurion, was stead to lead 100 legionnaires. Centurions have been thought to lead from the writings of Polybius the centuries, and have been keen in the Roman military stance of tactics, leadership and knowledge of their troops. The centurion was a key part of"
"sub-unit was the ""cohors"" (plural: ""cohortes"", or cohort), which contained six ""centuriae"" for a total of 480 men, roughly the same size as a modern battalion. There were 10 cohorts to each legion, or 4,800 men (c. 5,000 including the small legionary cavalry of 120 horse and officers). Thus a legion was equivalent in numbers to a modern brigade. By AD 100, however, the legion's First Cohort was divided into only five ""centuriae"", but double-strength at 160 men each, for a total of 800 men. At this point, therefore, a legion would have numbered c. 5,300 effectives. In addition, each"
"of the legion from Britain. Legion Company of the U.S. Army's 1st battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade stationed in Vicenza, Italy is named after Legio XX. They chose this name for the paratroopers' ability to fight fiercely behind enemy lines. Legio XX Valeria Victrix features in the six novel series ""Soldier of Rome - The Artorian Chronicles"" by James Mace Legio XX Valeria Victrix Legio vigesima Valeria Victrix, in English Twentieth Victorious Valeria Legion was a legion of the Imperial Roman army. The origin of the Legion's name is unclear and there are various theories, but the legion"
"Rome and mutinied for being unpaid. In 45 BC the legion was disbanded, and the veterans obtained lands in Narbonne, southern Gaul. During the civil war that followed Caesar's assassination, the Legio X was reconstituted by Lepidus (winter 44/43), and fought for the triumvirs until the final Battle of Philippi. The veterans obtained lands near Cremona, and an inscription reports that the name of the legion at the time was Veneria, ""devoted to Venus"", the mythical mother of gens Julia. The Tenth later followed Mark Antony in Armenia, during his Parthian campaign. During Antony's civil war, the legion fought for"
"command of his entire cohort when in battle. The seniority of the pilus prior centurions was followed by the five other century commanders of the first cohort, who were known as ""primi ordines"". The six centuries of a normal cohort, were, in order of precedence: The centuries took their titles from the old use of the legion drawn up in three lines of battle using three classes of soldier. (Each century would then hold a cross-section of this theoretical line, although these century titles were now essentially nominal.) Each of the three lines is then sub-divided within the century into"