the century - fighting unit

[jvrjenivs]

About the number of calones with the soldiers in a century, we suppose that 1 or 2 mules go with a contubernium (8 soldiers). Two calones for one contubernium and this mules seems possible !

Okay, but let say that each contubernium had the same amount of calones. (either one or two).

If they had 2, then we have 100 men, as you stated above, but then there is no room for the calones of the centurion in these 100 men.

If there was only one for each contubernium, the same would give 10 calones for other parts than the contubernia, which I would think are too many. So I really don't think we have to find the 100-men term in the amount of people serving under the centurion from Marius' reform onwards.