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What is a centurian?

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A centurion was an officer in the Roman army. There were eleven grades of centurion with the lowest grade being the man in charge of a century of 80 men, (yes, 80 men) and the highest grade being the camp praefect. In modern day usage, the term "centurion" is sometimes used to refer to a police officer.

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Centurion of the Roman Army was a rank of the Roman Army officials. Centurions were in command of about 80 men, contrary to the popular belief that it was 100. Centurions were Roman soldiers that showed enough skills in combat, discipline, and leadership that they were promoted to Centurion.

The highest rank of Centurion was the Primus pilus, he was the leader of the first cohort. Cohorts usually contained around 6 centuries, but the first cohort in a legion had double the amount of soldiers in each century. So, in reality, a Primus pilus was in direct command of roughly 960 men, but being the supreme centurion of the whole legion, he had command over an actual number of about 5,000 men, and was second in line to the Legatus-the commander of a legion.

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A centurion was a Roman military officer. The word itself is said to have derived from the old Roman voting assemblies called the centuries. A centurion, though, commanded 80 men, not the 100 men that is erroneously given as his command . There were eleven ranks of centurion, ranging from the commander of a century (80 men) to the camp prefect who was the #3 man in charge of the legion.

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Centurion was merely a Roman designation, according to their military organization, for a soldier who was in charge of 100 soldiers.

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