Note: information on the divisions of the Roman army can be lengthy and involve different interpretations of the numbers of soldiers in each division, and so the vocabulary here is not going into detail; I’ve provided links
auxilia, -ōrum [2 / n / pl]: auxiliary troops
centuria, -ae [1/f]: a company of Roman infantry
cohors, cohortis [3/f]: cohort, a military unit
https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0062:entry=cohors-harpers
cōpiae, -ārum [1 / f / pl]: troops
exercitus, -ūs [4/m]: army
https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0062:id=exercitus-harpers
legiō, legiōnis [3/f]: legion
https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0062:entry=legio-harpers
agmen, agminis [3/m]: column of soldiers
aciēs, aciēī [5/f]: battle-line
aciēs triplex: a type of battle formation
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/05/160424-acies-triplex.html
castra, castrorum [2 / n / pl]: camp
fossa, -ae [1/f]: ditch; moat
impedimenta [2 / n / pl]: luggage; equipment i.e. everything
that the army took with them
ōrdō, ōrdinis [3/m]: line / rank of soldiers
tormentum, -ī [2/n]: siege machine
https://adckl.blogspot.com/2024/06/130724-examples-of-roman-seige-engines.html
vāllum, -ī [2/n]: (defensive) wall; rampart
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