- In the
records kept by well-to-families
concerned with lineage, the
contubernia of
slaves were
acknowledged along with
family births, deaths, and manumissions...
-
essentially the
equivalent of a
modern squad,
although unlike modern squads contubernia seemed to
serve no
tactical role in battle. It was
likely used to maintain...
-
comprised six centuries, with a
century further made up of ten
squads (
contubernia); the
exact size of the
Imperial legion,
which was
likely determined...
- contubernium-abreast (8-abreast plus 2 support). In the
Imperial Legion, ten
contubernia formed a centuria.
Maniple (Manipulus) – The pre-Marian sub-unit of the...
-
junior officers, such as an optio.
Centuries were
further broken into ten
contubernia of
eight soldiers each. The mani**** were
commanded by one of
their two...
- the
Latin word for a javelin. A
century of 80 men was
divided into ten
contubernia, each of
eight men, who
shared a
single A-frame tent together. A contubernium...
-
workshops and, of course, the
actual troop quarters,
subdivided into
contubernia. Two such
troop barracks have been
reconstructed in the
southeast part...
- men. Each
century had its own
standard and was made up of ten
units (
contubernia) of
eight men who
shared a tent, a millstone, a mule and
cooking pot...
- and
beneficial for him to
enter into an
enduring hetero****ual
union (
contubernia) and
raise a family. The
duties of the
vilicus and
those of his female...
-
buildings included the principia [de] (headquarters), four
barracks with
contubernia (soldiers’ quarters), the
praetorium (commander’s residence), and storage...
