A cohors peditata quingenaria consisted of about 500 soldiers.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by Wikipedia and an independent specialist source, with additional context showing 'quingenaria' was a nominal designation (~480 actual troops) rather than an exact count, consistent with the 'about 500' phrasing in the claim. [tier=unverified indep_score=0.375 clusters=1 claim_tier=everyday] [harvest 2026-09-15: +3 source(s) on new hosts; tier unverified->silver indep=0.75 clusters=4] [kind-backfill 2026-09-15: kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- Cohors peditata (wikipedia)
- https://warhistory.org/@msw/article/roman-military-forces-imperial-period-ii (corroboration)
- https://www.gutenberg.org/files/51769/51769-h/51769-h.htm (corroboration)
- https://www.miniatures.de/toe-roman-cohors-quingenaria-equitata.html (corroboration)
- https://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/archive/index.php?thread-20351.html= (corroboration)