velites

Updated: October 18, 2025

The Roman legion, whether it was composed of four thousand men, as in the early ages of the republic or six thousand, as in the time of Augustus, of was divided into ten cohorts, and each cohort was composed of Hastati, Principes, Triarii, and Velites.

John Lord - The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.