WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A group of up to 6, 000 Roman soldiers . Each legion was divided into centuries or groups of 100 soldiers. Roman soldiers in ancient Roman military, fought in legions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Organization and Ranks of the Roman Imperial Legion In the Roman army, a full strength legion was officially made up of 6, 000 men, but typically all legions were organized at under strength and generally consisted of approximately 5, 300 fighting men including officers.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Roman legion was a highly disciplined, well-trained, and heavily armed body of infantry, which, in the first century AD, comprised between five and six thousand men (the exact number is not stated in the classical literature), all of whom were Roman citizens.

Detailed explanation-5: -We know from Livy that at the time of the Latin War (340–338 BC) there were normally two armies enlisted, composed of two legions of 4, 200–5, 000 infantry and 300 cavalry each, for a total armed force of 16, 800–20, 000 infantry and 1, 200 cavalry.