to total 5500, yup. But the Prima Pilum was the senior centurion.
Still say 53 days

Quote from: Hertsblue on 24 August 2013, 04:27:07 PM
Yes, but wasn't the entire first cohort, the veterans' cohort, double strength? So all six 1st cohort centurions would have commanded 160 men (Inasmuch as any legionary unit was ever at paper strength)  .

5 double strength centuries in first cohort. 800 men in total

Been fifteen years since I've even considered this. It all changes in the later empire when legions are either shrunk or split into formations about 1200 strong. So much for my MA in Later Roman Military History.