1. Organization of the Roman Legion

2. hic est miles Romanus
est vir fortis
robustus
peritusque
non est sicut
Modestus

3. 8 soldiers= contubernium

4. 8 soldiers= contubernium

5. Ten Contubernia= Century= 80 men
They had budget cuts
even in Roman times!

6. Ten Contubernia= Century= 80 men

7. Each century has an……
signifer cornicen tesserarius
centurion optio

8. In a typical cohort, 6 centuries= 480 men (80 x 60)

9. In a typical cohort, 6 centuries= 480 men (80 x 60)

10. Cohorts 2-10= 9 x 480 men = 4320 men

11. 5 double sized centuries (160 X 5)=
1st Cohort- the ELITE
5 double sized centuries (160 X 5)=
800 men

12. Centurions of the 1st Cohort-
First Rank-
Primi Ordines
most senior centurion
of the legion-
primus pilus

13. haec est legio Romana

14. tribunus tribuni angusticlavii
Senior Officers
legatus praefectus
castrorum
tribunus tribuni angusticlavii
laticlavus