Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Roman Legion


The Roman Legion was made up of 6,000 men. 5,300 of them actually fought. The Legion was split up into many different groups. The first and smallest group was Conterbernium (tent group) this consisted of 8 men. The next was Centuria (century) This was a group of 80 men leaded by a Centurion. After that was the Cohort (cohort) included 480 men. Next is the Legio (legion) this was made up of 4,320 men, and in addition 120 calvary. This made a grand total of 5,240 men, not including the officers.

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