2006-10-11 08:38:51 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
probably as many as the army could find.
2006-10-11 08:50:47 · answer #1 · answered by miss advice 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The main unit of the army was called a CENTURY.
Centuries were in units called cohorts. The legion was made up with ten cohorts and it was the largest fighting group. The size of each legion varied from time to time.
In each legion one cohort was larger than the others and it contained about 10 centuries (800 MEN).
Some of them were horseback messengers, cooks or clerks and usually they did not fight.
2006-10-15 07:18:06 · answer #2 · answered by Brown_Sugar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theoretically, it was 6 centuries (each commanded by a centurion), each with 100 men. However, the Roman army was always under strength to some degree or other, and the average size of a century was only about 80 men. Therefore, the average cohort was about 480 men.
2006-10-11 08:50:48 · answer #3 · answered by Stephen L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know cohorts are formed in the past from 50-200 soldiers.
2006-10-11 08:49:25 · answer #4 · answered by aahamed24 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 Cohort was equal to about 480 men + 120 horsemen, who were used as dispatch riders and artilliary movers. However the 120 horsemen were usually civilian and made available to the whole fighting legion, but each group of 120 was seconded to their own Cohort
2006-10-15 03:56:53 · answer #5 · answered by statusquo44 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all of them if the beer is free.
2006-10-11 09:38:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋