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• COHORT (Lat. cohors)

COHORT (See also:

• LAT

Lat. cohors)  , originally a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place enclosed: in the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, the name of a unit of See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry . The troops of the first grade, the legions, were divided into cohorts, of which there were ten in each See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

legion: the See also:

• COHORT (Lat. cohors)

cohort thus contained 600 men . Among the troops of the second grade (the auxilia) the cohorts were See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent See also:

• FOOT

foot regiments 500 or loon strong, corresponding to the alae, which were similar regiments of See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry; they were generally posted on the frontiers of the See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire in small forts of four to eight acres, each holding one cohort or See also:

• ALA

ala . The See also:

• SPECIAL

special troops of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome itself, the Praetorian Guard, the Urbanae Cohortes, and the Vigiles (See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade), were divided into cohorts (see further ROMAN ARMY) . The phrase cohors praetoria or cohors amicorum was sometimes used, especially during the Roman See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic, to denote the See also:

• SUITE (Suite de pieces; Ordre; Partita)

suite of the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of a See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province; hence See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed the Praetorian cohorts which formed the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor's bodyguard . In See also:

• BIOLOGY (Gr. Qios, life)

biology, " cohort " is a See also:

• TERM

term for a See also:

• GROUP

group of allied orders or families of See also:

• PLANTS

plants or animals .