A Breakdown of the Roman Army
The army was divided into LEGIONS which, while sometime less, were meant to be 6000 soldiers.
The LEGIONS were commanded by 6 TRIBUNI who took turns being in charge. ( ( The chief commander mentioned in Acts 21:31)
The LEGIONS were divided into ten sections called COHORTS (Mentioned in Acts 10:1) Each COHORT contained 600 men.
Each COHORT was divided into 3 MANIPLES of 200 men each.
Each MANIPLE was divided into 2 CENTURIES usually of 100 men each. Even though as the legions grew and shrunk, the numbers would vary. Each CENTURY was commanded by a CENTURION, of which there are many mentioned in scripture. (Acts 10:1, 22 Matthew 8:5, 27:54)
So the breakdown of command looked like this:
Legion (6000 men) --Cohort (600 men) --Maniple (200 men) --Century (100 men)
--Cohort --Maniple --Century
--Cohort --Maniple
--Cohort
--Cohort
--Cohort
--Cohort
--Cohort
--Cohort
--Cohort
There were also bands of special volunteers two of which were mentioned in scripture:
Italian Band (Acts 10:1) Augustus Band (Which protected the Emperor) (Acts 27:1)