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Cohort

A cohort was a tactical unit of the Roman army, normally about 480 men, with ten cohorts forming a legion. It became the main manoeuvre unit of the Roman Empire's legions. In a looser sense the word means a group of people sharing a common position, as in the governing cohort of the Gokturk Empire.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Cohort. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/cohort
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