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It depends on what you mean by a Roman troop. A legion ideally had 5,000 men, but most of the time it was undermanned. A legion consisted of 10 cohorts. The first cohort had 800 men and the remaining nine had 480 men. The cohorts were then further divided into centuries of 80 men. These are the ideal figures for manpower. Most of the time the Roman forces were undermanned.

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It really depends on the time frame.

A legion meant roughly 6,000 men, though the exact number fluctuated between time periods.

The size of a typical legion varied widely throughout the history of ancient Rome, with complements of 4,200 legionaries and 300 equites in the early to mid-republican period of Rome, 5,200 men in the mid- to late republican period and the early imperial period, and 1,000 (including the cavalry) in the later imperial period. On some occasion, under extraordinary circumstances. the army of the mid- to late republican period was bought to 6,000 men.

Officially there were supposed to be 5,000 men in a legion. Realistically, the legions were somewhere between 3 and 4 thousand and sometimes down as low as 2 thousand before being brought up to the standard numbers.

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At full strength a Roman legion would have 5,000 soldiers.

At full strength a Roman legion would have 5,000 soldiers.

At full strength a Roman legion would have 5,000 soldiers.

At full strength a Roman legion would have 5,000 soldiers.

At full strength a Roman legion would have 5,000 soldiers.

At full strength a Roman legion would have 5,000 soldiers.

At full strength a Roman legion would have 5,000 soldiers.

At full strength a Roman legion would have 5,000 soldiers.

At full strength a Roman legion would have 5,000 soldiers.

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As many as were required to undertake the allotted guard task.

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At full strength a Roman legion would have 5,000 soldiers.

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