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Oct 28, 2022 · In Roman tradition, the rank of centurion went back to Rome’s first army. The Roman army of the mid-8th century BC was led by Rome’s namesake, Romulus. He was said to have had 3,000 men under his command, led by thirty centurions. A quick bit of math tells us that each centurion led his own group of one hundred men.
May 6, 2019 · By. Jack Zavada. Updated on May 06, 2019. A centurion (pronounced cen-TU-ri-un) was an officer in the army of ancient Rome. Centurions got their name because they commanded 100 men ( centuria = 100 in Latin). Various paths led to becoming a centurion.
Luke 7. The Faith of the Centurion. 1 When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum. 2 There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. 3 The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. 4 When ...
In 2nd-century Britain, a famed centurion and a handful of Roman soldiers try to survive behind enemy lines after Pict tribesmen decimate the platoon. Watch trailers & learn more.
Quintus Dias, the sole survivor of a Pictish raid, marches with General Virilus' Ninth Legion, with orders to destroy the Picts and kill their leader.
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-- The centurion here spoken of is the one who, according to Roman custom, presided over the execution (hence called by Seneca centurio supplicio præpositus; or by Tacitus, exactor mortis). This centurion, the captain in Capernaum (Matt. viii.), and the captain Cornelius at Cæsarea (Acts x.), form a triumvirate of believing Gentile soldiers ...
5) The centurion was a man of humility and faith. A man of faith will always have a humble heart. When he heard that the Jewish elders had succeeded in their petition with Jesus and that Christ was on His way to the house of the centurion, he sent another person to Jesus to stop Him before He got to the house.
