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A Powerpoint dedicated to the organization of the roman army. Includes diagrams of Legion and cohort organization as well as descriptions of senior officers
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Organization of the Roman ArmyAustin Lucas
Organization of Senior Officers
First Cohort: 5 Centuries = c. 800 Men
Second to Tenth Cohorts: 9 cohorts, 6
centuries each, total of about 4320 men
Primi Ordies First rank officer
that were in charge of the first cohort
Five existed within the first cohort
Optio Deputy who would
take control of the century if the Centurion was killed
Second in comand
Signifer Standard-bearer Held the symbols
for battle Pole with
medallions on it that represented the cohort
Tesserarius Organized the
guards Distributed the
passwords for the gates
Accompanied by one or two clerks
Centurion Backbone of the
legion About 60 per
legion Carried a vitus or
a sword as their main weapon in battle
Perfectus Castrorum Commander of the
camp Oversaw the
proceedings of the legion
Highest ranked officer
Legatus Member of the
senate in Rome Usually in his mid
30s Assisted by six
tribunes
Tribunus Laticlavius Of noble birth Served his military
apprenticeships before starting a military career
May spend three or four years in command of a legion
Tribuni Angusticalavii Tribunes with the
narrow stripe Members of a
slightly lower class Lower classes
called an equites Wanted to get a
post in imperial administration