A military officer who commanded a minor division of the Roman army; a captain of a century.

A Roman soldier who was in charge of a group of 80-100 soldiers (known as a Century).

A Roman officer in command of a century.

(ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers

A rank in the Roman army. As the name implies, a centurion had 100 men in his command

Soldier in charge of a century of men (80 men), smallest unit in the Roman army.

n. A captain of a company of one hundred infantry in the ancient Roman army.

An officer in the Roman army, with responsibility for a unit of roughly 80 men.

A commander in the Roman army who was in charge of one hundred men.

Commander of a century.

Leader of 100 men (a century) in the Roman army. In actuality, this varies greatly. The commander of each of the camps surrounding the village of indomitable Gauls is a centurion.

A centurion (Latin: centuriō; Greek: hekatontarchos) was a professional officer of the Roman army since the Marian reforms of 107 BC. Most centurions commanded a century (centuria) of eighty men, but the senior centurions commanded cohorts or took senior staff roles in their legion.