WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A Roman soldier was called a legionary because the army was divided into large units called legions . For training and fighting, each legion was split into smaller groups, called centuries, of 80 men each. Their commanders were centurions.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Roman legionary (in Latin legionarius, plural legionarii) was a professional heavy infantryman of the Roman army after the Marian reforms.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Roman Army (Legion) The Roman army was made up of groups of soldiers called legions. There were over 5, 000 soldiers in a legion. Each legion had its own number, name, badge and fortress. There were about 30 legions around the Roman Empire, three of which were based in Britain at Caerleon, Chester and York.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Roman legion (Latin: legiō, [ˈɫɛɡioː]), the largest military unit of the Roman army, comprised 5, 200 infantry and 300 equites (cavalry) in the period of the Roman Republic (509 BC–27 BC) and 5, 600 infantry and 200 auxilia in the period of the Roman Empire (27 BC – AD 476).

Detailed explanation-5: -a soldier in an ancient Roman legion (= a large group of soldiers who form a part of an army): The legionaries were armed with swords.