centurions
Legion squad leaders
Centurions were officers in the ancient Roman army, each commanding a century—nominally one hundred soldiers, though typically fewer in practice.
The term now appears in historical contexts and as a name for sports teams, military units, or products evoking Roman martial discipline: The centurion barked orders to his men.
Great number, or soldiers
- cohortGroup sharing circumstances
- gladiusRoman infantry blade
- scutumRoman infantry shield
- pilumRoman military throwing spear
testudo · maniple · Rome · empire · senate · Caesar · forum · triumph
legion
Great number, or soldiers
pilum · testudo · maniple · Rome · empire · senate · Caesar · forum · triumph · consul
legionnaire
Soldier in a legion
gladiator · spartan · mercenary · swordsman · infantryman · pikeman · archer · cavalry · shield · helmet
command
Authoritative instruction given
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
orders · infantry · troops · regiment · battalion · rank · formation · drill · standards · decurion
- Ancient RomeRome, Julius Caesar, Caesar, gladiator, gladiators
- ancient worldancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient Egypt, pyramids, pyramid
- Classical AntiquityAncient Greece, Ancient Rome, Greeks, Romans, Roman Empire
- Ancient RomansJulius Caesar, patricians, consuls, Marcus Aurelius, Nero
- guards and soldiersbodyguards, sentries, watchmen, sentinels, gatekeepers
- RomeColosseum, Vatican, Trevi Fountain, Roman Forum, Spanish Steps
centurionslegionaries
Roman military infantrymen
generals · legates · commanders-in-chief · field marshals · privates
centurionssubordinates
Those ranked below
enlisted men · followers · raw recruits · troops · infantry
- Roman centurionOfficer commanding hundred soldiers