By the time of Julius Caesar a century, which was the body commanded in the first instance by a centurion in the Roman army, consisted of how many soldiers ?
A100
BAbout 80
CBetween 100 and 110
DBetween 90 and 100
Correct Option: 2
Explanation:
About 80
Centuries developed from the Roman tribal system and could originally contain 200 to 1000 men; under the Marian reforms of 107 BCE they consisted of a hundred soldiers; later that developed to between 60 and (ideally) 100 distributed among 10 contubernia (of 8 soldiers and 2 auxiliary servants each), i.e. a total of 80 soldiers and 20 servants per century.
