Augustan cohort
A cohort consisted of 600 soldiers, and to bear the name of an emperor was an honour.
battalion
Used in RSV for the whole ‘company’ (REB) or ‘*cohort’ (NRSV), several hundred strong, which Pilate brought up with him to Jerusalem from his residence in Caesarea (Matt. 27: 27).
centurion
The commander of a century (a company, originally of a hundred men) in the ancient Roman army.
cohort Quick reference
A Dictionary of the Bible (2 ed.)
A Roman military unit of 600 soldiers, a tenth of a legion, commanded by tribunes. Paul was in the charge
