Centurion

Legionary Rank

The backbone of the officer corps in the legion is a group known as centurions. Each one commands a century, though ten of the centurions also command their cohorts. There are 59 centurions in a standard legion.
The sub-ranks of centurions are as follows:

• Primus Pilus - there is but one of these in a legion. They are the commanding centurion of the first century of the first cohort, thus the commander of the entire first cohort. This is the senior centurion in the entire legion.
• Pilus Prior - with the exception of Cohort I (where the Primus Pilus takes this role), this is the commanding centurion of the first century of a cohort and also commander of cohort at large.
• Pilus Posterior - commander of the second century of a cohort
• Princeps Prior - commander of the third century of a cohort
• Princeps Posterior - commander of the fourth century of a cohort
• Hastatus Prior - commander of the fifth century of a cohort
• Hastatus Posterior - commander of the sixth century of a cohort

Type

Civic, Military, Commissioned

Form of Address

Primus, Pilus, Princeps, or Hastatus, depending on sub-rank.

Source of Authority

Legatus Legionis

Reports directly to

Legatus Legionis

Related Organizations

• Itaros Imperium
• Estinos Imperium

Related Military Formations

• Century
• Cohort
• Estinian Legion
• First Cohort
• First Cohort Century