Later, generals and emperors further manipulated these numbers with double and half-strength units. After the so-called " Marian reforms", a century was typically composed of around 80 men, with six such centuries forming a legionary cohort. During the Mid-Republic these centuries were grouped in pairs to make up a maniple, each century consisting of 30–60 men.
In the Roman infantry, the centurions commanded a centuria or "century". A Roman Centurio on a portrait medaillon of his grave, 2nd century A.D. Note the prominent display of the vine staff, his sign of office. Role A cenotaph to Marcus Caelius, a centurion of Legio XVIII killed at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. In Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, the Byzantine army's centurions were also known by the name kentarch (Kentarches).
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They were professional officers, analogous to modern NCOs in terms of pay-grade, prestige, and responsibilities. Centurions also served in the Roman navy. They were also responsible for handling logistics and supplies, as well as any discipline that was required.Ī centurion's symbol of office was the vine staff, with which they disciplined even Roman citizens, who were otherwise legally protected from corporal punishment by the Porcian Laws. The prestigious first cohort was led by the primus pilus, analogous to a junior officer, the most senior centurion in the legion who fulfilled the analogous role of staff officer and senior enlisted advisor and its fourth-in-command who was next in line for promotion to praefectus castrorum, and the primi ordines who were the centurions of the first cohort. In a Roman legion, centuries were grouped into cohorts and commanded by their senior-most centurion. The size of the century changed over time, and from the first century BC through most of the imperial era was reduced to 80 men.Ĭenturions were promoted for being an exemplary soldier, expected to then become a strict commander of his subordinates, to be in the front leading their troops by example and helping the Century's coordination. hekatóntarkhos), was a commander, nominally of a century ( Latin: centuria), a military unit originally consisting of 100 legionaries. In the Roman army during classical antiquity, a centurion ( / s ɛ n ˈ tj ʊər i ə n/ Latin: centurio, pl.
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