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 Praetorian Guard (Latin: cohortes praetoriae) was the imperial guard of the Imperial Roman army that served various roles for the Roman emperor including...

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

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

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)...

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

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

"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...

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;...

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 and 25,000 soldiers. In most armies, a division is composed of...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

same number and all subordinate units of that Corps. Until 2013 the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) had four military districts – Wehrbereichskommando...

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...

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

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

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

at the Or Etzion Military Boarding School for Command, and continued at the Bnei David pre-military academy in Eli in the second cohort. He enlisted in...

also used as a military award), and the vine stick (Vitis) that they carried as a mark of their office. While some auxiliary cohorts in the late Roman...

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