centuria
“centuria” is a Latin word. Its 8 meanings in English:
- century, in its senses as
- any assembly of a hundred people or things
- any division into a hundred people or things
- a company of Roman infantry, the smallest tactical division of a legion, originally of 100 men but later varying between 60 and 160
- a company of auxiliary infantry equivalent to a Roman cohort, first established during the Imperial era.
- a unit of area, equal to 100 heredia or 200 iugera (approximately 125 acres or 50 hectares)
- a traditional division of the Roman people, allegedly established by Servius Tullius on the basis of property
- any similar division, regardless of number
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