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- Dictionarycenturion/sɛnˈtjʊərɪən/
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- 1. the commander of a century in the ancient Roman army.
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Professional officer of the Roman army
In the Roman army during classical antiquity, a centurion (; Latin: centurio, pl. centuriones ; Greek: κεντυρίων, translit. kentyríōn, or Greek: ἑκατόνταρχος, translit. hekatóntarkhos), was a commander, nominally of a century (Latin: centuria ), a military unit originally consisting of 100 legionaries. The size of the century changed over time; from the 1st century BC through most of the imperial ... Wikipedia