"The greatest military machine in the history of the universe."
"What is? The daleks?"
"No, no no no no no. The Romans!"-The Doctor and Amy Pond, ¨The Pandorica Opens,¨ Doctor Who
For this project, I researched the structure of the jobs in a Roman legion. My product can be found here. As well as the legions, which were composed of Roman citizens, the Roman army included auxiliary troops from the empire's various territories. A legion was structured into ten cohorts, each of which consisted of five or six centuries. A century contained either 80 or 160 men. The commanding officer of a century was known as a centurion. Although life in the army was hard and the death rate was moderately high, there was rarely a shortage of men willing to enlist. The prospect of earning wages was appealing to poor citizens who had grown up on farms that produced only enough to feed one family. Additionally, soldiers who completed their service would receive generous payment in money and land, and there was always a possibility of a promotion, bringing increased money and honor.
