Comment on Does size matter: at what point does a company lose its edge?parentComments−DaniFong18yW.L. Gore & associates.http://www.gore.com/en_xx/The later Roman army was made up of eight (in the early republic, ten) soldiers per contubernium, which shared a tent and ate together. There were ten contubernia in a century. These numbers seem awfully familiar.−run4yourlives18yModern armies share structure that is essentially identical. Section/Squad (8-10) -> Platoon (30-40) -> Company (100-120)
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W.L. Gore & associates.
http://www.gore.com/en_xx/
The later Roman army was made up of eight (in the early republic, ten) soldiers per contubernium, which shared a tent and ate together. There were ten contubernia in a century. These numbers seem awfully familiar.
Modern armies share structure that is essentially identical. Section/Squad (8-10) -> Platoon (30-40) -> Company (100-120)