A cohort (from the Latin cohors, pl.: cohortes; see wikt:cohors for full inflection table) was a standard tactical military unit of a Roman legion. Although...

cohort in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cohort or cohortes may refer to: Cohort (military unit), the basic tactical unit of a Roman legion Cohort (educational...

Aeneator – Military musician such as a bugler Agrimensor – A surveyor (a type of immunes). Antesignano – Supposedly a light infantry unit of legionaries...

manipular system was faded from ancient sources and was replaced by the cohort unit. Polybius first described the maniple in the mid-2nd century BC. The...

is a Latin term (from the stem centum meaning one hundred) denoting military units originally consisting of 100 men. The size of the centuria changed over...

about how many cohortes were equitatae. Spaul accepts only those cohortes specifically attested as equitatae i.e., about 40% of recorded units. Holder estimates...

The Roman legion (Latin: legiō, Latin: [ˈɫɛɡioː]), the largest military unit of the Roman army, was composed of Roman citizens serving as legionaries...

A company is a military unit, typically consisting of 100–250 soldiers and usually commanded by a major or a captain. Most companies are formed of three...

plural dracones) was a military standard of the Roman cavalry. Carried by the draconarius, the draco was the standard of the cohort, as the eagle (aquila)...

The Praetorian Guard (Latin: cohortes praetoriae) was an elite unit of the Imperial Roman army that served as personal bodyguards and intelligence agents...

 hekatóntarkhos), was a commander, nominally of a century (Latin: centuria), a military unit originally consisting of 100 legionaries. The size of the century changed...

"ranks", rows of men who fought as a unit. Under Marius's new system, legions were divided into ten cohorts (cohortes) (roughly equivalent to battalions...

was executed by members of his cohort. The discipline was used by senior commanders in the Roman army to punish units or large groups guilty of capital...

The cohortes urbanae (Latin meaning urban cohorts) of ancient Rome were created by Augustus to counterbalance the enormous power of the Praetorian Guard...

more properly the Vigiles Urbani ("watchmen of the City") or Cohortes Vigilum ("cohorts of the watchmen") were the firefighters and police of ancient...

A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 10,000 to 25,000 soldiers. In most armies, a division is composed of several...

literally meaning "cohort of friends". The notion cohort is to be taken not in the strict, military sense (primarily the constitutive unit of a Roman legion;...

in the streets. The Vigiles were considered a para-military unit and their organisation into cohorts and centuries reflects this. To double-insure his...

conscription of men (c. 80% of each age cohort), and maintains only a cadre of paid personnel for training and maintaining military readiness. Most of the lower...

Without standard military unit organization, various more general names are often used; such organizations may be called a troop, group, unit, column, band...

legion's main sub-unit was called a cohort and consisted of approximately 480 infantrymen. The cohort was therefore a much larger unit than the earlier...

with the introduction of the cohort (a unit of 480 men) in place of the maniple (a unit of only 160 men) as the basic unit of manoeuvre. This attribution...

strong cohort of Roman citizens Batavi, dutiful and loyal") was a Roman auxiliary cohort of infantry. The unit is attested on several military diplomas...

Lucensium [equitata] (2nd cohort from the Conventus Lucensis [partly mounted]) was a Roman auxiliary unit. It is attested by military diplomas and inscriptions...

bravest of the tribes of the area, hardened in the Germanic wars, with cohorts under their own commanders transferred to Britannia. They retained the...

In warfare, a theater or theatre is an area in which important military events occur or are in progress. A theater can include the entirety of the airspace...

legion, in front of the standards of the legion and cohorts, were called antesignani. In military stratagems, it was sometimes necessary to conceal the...

for what reasons the cohort became the basic unit. Sources such as Polybius and Livy suggest that cohorts existed as a military unit well before the late...

either the Republic or the Emperor. Legions were divided into units called cohorts. Each cohort was divided into three maniples. Each maniple was divided...

cavalry unit. Praefectus castrorum: camp commandant. Praefectus cohortis: commander of a cohort (constituent unit of a legion, or analogous unit). Praefectus...