Quote Originally Posted by MarcusAureliusAntoninus
10 Cohorts in a Legion
3 Maniples in a Cohort
2 Centuries in a Maniple
80 men in a Century

4800 men in a standard legion
I'm aware of the structure of a post-Marian legion. In fact, it differs from your post only in that the first cohort has 5 Maniples, thus making a full strength of 9 x 480 + 1 x 800 = 5,120. This doesn't include the 120 light cavalry and 30 light artillery pieces.

The previous post I THINK we were talking about polybian era legions, which is when many of the legions were 'oversized' to fight particular threats.

They were 'typically' of 1200 Velites, Hastati and Princepes, plus 600 Triarii, or 4200 all up. Again cavalry ala of 300 and artillery notwithstanding. But they did go to 6000 or more in a single legion, presumably by expanding the size of each line (more of everything in other words).

Hunter