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in legion ...In the third line, 10 maniples of light infantry
were supplemented by smaller units of reserves. The three lines
were 75 m (250 feet) apart, and from front to rear one maniple
of each line formed a cohort of 420 men; this was the Roman
equivalent of a battalion. Ten cohorts made up the heavy-
infantry strength of a legion, but 20 cohorts were usually
combined with a small cavalry force and other... police and fire
protection duties ...6, after a particularly bad fire, Augustus
expanded the city’s fire brigade into a corps of vigiles
(firefighters and watchmen), consisting of seven squads, or
cohorts, of 1,000 freedmen each. Each cohort was responsible for
fire and, especially at night, police protection in two
regiones. As a further measure to impose... What made you want
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