WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A legion was nominally composed of 6, 000 soldiers, and each legion was divided up into 10 cohorts, with each cohort containing 6 centuria. The centurion thus nominally commanded about 100 men, and there were 60 centurions in a legion.

Detailed explanation-2: -Each legion had between 4, 000 and 6, 000 soldiers. A legion was further divided into groups of 80 men called ‘centuries’.

Detailed explanation-3: -A legion was a group of soldiers-as many as 6, 000. Legions of 6, 000 soldiers were divided into groups called centuries, which had 100 soldiers. By dividing the army into legions and then into small groups called centuries, it allowed the Roman army to quickly adapt to their enemies.

Detailed explanation-4: -Legions were made up of ten groups of soldiers called cohorts. Cohorts were then further divided into groups of 80 men called centuries. The officers, or leaders, of each century were called centurions.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Roman Empire was created and controlled by its soldiers. At the core of the army were its legions, which were without equal in their training, discipline and fighting ability. By the time Augustus came to power, the army contained 60 legions. Each of these was divided into ten cohorts of up to 480 men.

Detailed explanation-6: -Terms in this set (30) Roman soldiers were organized into legions, or groups of up to 6, 000. The fiercest of the wars Rome fought were the Punic Wars, a series of wars against Carthage, a city in northern Africa.