What was a group of Roman soldiers called?

Answer 1

The generic word for a soldier is "miles". However, Latin can be a very specific language and here are some adjectives that went along with the "miles" to indicate what soldier was being indicated. A "miles gregarius" was a common soldier, a private. A "miles pedes" was a foot soldier. and a "miles eques" was a horse soldier/cavalryman. A buddy, or a fellow soldier was a "miles commilito". If a man were in the marine corps he would be a "miles classicus".

Answer 2

A small group was called conternubium, originally it had 8 men sharing the same tent, later it was increased to 10. The conternubia were grouped into a centruria. Centuriae were grouped into cohorts. The cohorts were grouped legions. Several legions formed an army.

Answer 3

The Roman army had four basic groups. The contubernium, which was a group of eight tentmates, a century, which was a group of 80 men (no, not 100 men) a cohort which was a group of 480 men, except for the first cohort, which was 800 men, and a legion which was 5,000 men.

Answer 4

The groups of Roman soldiers were the "contubernium" which was an eight man tent group (later ten men), next came the century, then the cohort, then the legion.

The groups of Roman soldiers were the "contubernium" which was an eight man tent group (later ten men), next came the century, then the cohort, then the legion.

The groups of Roman soldiers were the "contubernium" which was an eight man tent group (later ten men), next came the century, then the cohort, then the legion.

The groups of Roman soldiers were the "contubernium" which was an eight man tent group (later ten men), next came the century, then the cohort, then the legion.

The groups of Roman soldiers were the "contubernium" which was an eight man tent group (later ten men), next came the century, then the cohort, then the legion.

The groups of Roman soldiers were the "contubernium" which was an eight man tent group (later ten men), next came the century, then the cohort, then the legion.

The groups of Roman soldiers were the "contubernium" which was an eight man tent group (later ten men), next came the century, then the cohort, then the legion.

The groups of Roman soldiers were the "contubernium" which was an eight man tent group (later ten men), next came the century, then the cohort, then the legion.

The groups of Roman soldiers were the "contubernium" which was an eight man tent group (later ten men), next came the century, then the cohort, then the legion.

Answer 5

The smallest Roman military unit was the contubernium, which was equivalent to a modern squad. It had 8 legionaries (contubernales) led by the decanus, a non-commissioned officer. The contubernia (plural of contubernium) formed a centuria (century, equivalent to a modern a company). They shared a tent, had a pack mule, could be rewarded collectively and were liable to collective punishment. The decanus was appointed from within the contubernium and was usually the longest serving legionary.

The contuberinium had two auxiliaries whose task was to take care of the pack mule, and ensuring that the legionaries had water. They often had special skills, and many were blacksmiths or carpenters.

Answer 6

Depending on how many soldiers, this could be a legion, a century or a cohort.

Answer 7

The groups of Roman soldiers were the "contubernium" which was an eight man tent group (later ten men), next came the century, then the cohort, then the legion.

Answer 8

a group of soldiers is a troop