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Cohort Chart
Cohort or cohortes may refer to: Cohort Sociological * Cohort (military unit), the basic tactical unit of a Roman legion * Cohort (educational group), a group of students working together through the same academic curriculum Scientific * Cohort (statistics), a group of subjects with a common defining characteristic, for example age group * Cohort (floating point), a set of different encodings of the same numerical value * Cohort (taxonomy), in biology, one of the taxonomic ranks * Cohort study, a form of longitudinal study used in medicine and social science * Cohort analysis, a subset of behavioral analytics that takes the data from a given data set * Generational cohort, an aggregation of individuals who experience the same event within the same time interval Gaming * Cohort Studios, a video game development company * "Cohort", a disc golf putter by Infinite Discs Cohortes * ''Cohortes urbanae'', the riot police of Ancient Rome, also pressed into use as a military unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cohort (military Unit)
A cohort (from the Latin ''cohors'', : ''cohortes''; see wikt:cohors for full inflection table) was a standard tactical military unit of a Roman legion. Although the standard size changed with time and situation, it was generally composed of 480 soldiers. A cohort is considered to be the equivalent of a modern military battalion. The cohort was the most important tactical unit in the Roman army. They could operate independently and offered flexibility and maneuverability, allowing the legions to quickly adapt to different combat situations. The cohort replaced the maniple. From the late second century BC and until the middle of the third century AD, ten cohorts (about 5,000 men total) made up a legion. Cohorts were named "first cohort", "second cohort", etc. The first cohort consisted of experienced legionaries, while the legionaries in the tenth cohort were less experienced. Legionary cohort A legionary cohort of the early empire consisted of six '' centuriae'', or centurie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
