how many is a legion? like in roman times, what is the number?

Answer 1

The size of a typical legion "varied" throughout the history of ancient Rome. Roman Legions were generally between 2,000 and 12,000 soldiers.

Many place the Roman Legion strength at about 6,000.

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Answer 2

Romans did not have standing armies, but raised the legions as required. A legion would be from 4,200 to 6,200 men, depending on just when during the Roman history the legion was raised. During early Roman history, they had 25 - 35 legions at a time, plus the auxiliraries. (Now you know the meaning of "my name is legion...That would be 105,100 to 147,000 men at the lower end to 155,000 to 217,000 men at the high end. At its peak, Rome had an estimated population of 1,650,000 at about 100 A.D.
Anyhew, a lot of people!

Answer 3

A legion is 10,000 people. It is comprised of a top general type, various brigades, then go on down to the company level. In historical times as well as biblical - Legion has always meant 10,000 people. I believe the Romans had this form of military structure as in Roman numerology - you have I,V,X etc representing whole numbers. It is a whole bunch of thugs you would not want to go up against alone!!!