- A
turma (from Latin 'swarm, squadron';
plural turmae; Gr****: τούρμα) was a
cavalry unit in the
Roman army of the
Republic and Empire. In the Byzantine...
- of citizen-levies had a
cavalry complement of 300 horse,
divided into 10
turmae (squadrons) of 30 men each. Each
turma was led by
three decurions, who were...
- of "ala", with the ala
supplying thirty turmae of
cavalry per legion,
whereas the
Roman provided only ten
turmae.
Hence ala and
alarii denoted the contingent...
- any
given time in the capital. A
small number of
detached cavalry units (
turmae) of 30 men each were also organized.
While they
patrolled incon****uously...
-
legion in the pre-Marian
armies consisted of 60
manipuli of
infantry and 10
turmae of cavalry. By 250 BC,
there would be four Legions, two
commanded by each...
- six
turmae (notional
cavalry squadrons). The order's
governing body were the
seviri ("Committee of Six"),
composed of the "commanders" of the
turmae. In...
-
centuriae of
about 80 men each (total
about 480 men). Alae were
divided into
turmae (squadrons) of 30 (or 32) men, each
under a
decurio (literally: 'leader...
- 200), the
legion only had
around 300 hor****,
divided into ten
units (
turmae) of 30 men.
These men were
commanded by decurions. In
addition to heavy...
- a
title given to
civic officials and to
leaders of 30-strong
squadrons (
turmae) of cavalry. Dec**** is
equivalent to the rank of the
dekarchos ("commander...
- were
members of
infantry centuriae, but
operated in the
field as
three turmae of
thirty men each. The
number of
Praetorian cohorts were
increased to twelve...
