Roman Legion
The fourth legion, also known as Legio IIII Flavia Felix was a legion of the Roman Imperial army initially stationed in modern day Croatia. The legion was founded … [Read more...] about Legio IIII Flavia Felix, a Vespasian’s legion
Contubernium was the smallest organized unit of the Roman army. It included 8 fighting men led by a Decanus. Two more auxiliary servants were usualy added to … [Read more...] about Contubernium – a Roman squad
Centuria comes from latin word centum which stands for a hundred. It's name implies a total number of personnel that served in this Roman unit. So, a total … [Read more...] about Centuria – 80 men strong tactical unit
Cohort was a standard unit in the Roman army which divided the legion into 10 parts. Number of soldiers in this tactical unit varied through history, until the … [Read more...] about Cohort – Backbone of the Roman Legion
Gladius is a Roman short sword widely used by Roman light infantry from the beginning of the 1st until the end of the 2nd century. It was mostly made from steel. … [Read more...] about Gladius – Short sword of the Roman legionnaire
Legion was the largest unit in the Roman army that had the strength of 3000 personnel in the early times up to 6000 personnel in later periods of Roman … [Read more...] about Legion – Roman war machine
