| It might be because purists realized they were a small group of Roman centurions and the barbarians were at the gates. |
| The sudd, it is supposed, stopped the advance of the Roman centurions who were sent up the Nile in the days of Nero. |
| One theory maintains that only the centurions of the first cohort, the so-called primi ordines, had different ranks, while the centurions of cohorts II-X all ranked equally. |
| The centurions club is an elite club of people who can run or walk 100 miles inside of 24 hours. |
| Both centurions and their centuries rushed to the scene, but it was not what was expected. |
| Senior non-commissioned officers were called centurions, who varied greatly in rank. |
