Ilav said> In the Roman
Army, broadly speaking, the centurie could not be 100-men strong. They
could
descend from an ancient time when the common origin of a certain block or
sector of Rome gave about 100 warriors; but after some centuries (and
centurie) the same block gave just 50 warriors or 150 or none at all (just
a
sum of money to buy mercenaries, for example), but they were still called a
"centuria" for the sake of tradition.
In fact the establishment strength of a century after the reforms of Marius
was 80 men, not 100, except for the first cohort where it was double that
size.
Permanent legionary fortresses were laid out with 10 rooms for 8 men each
for each century.
Do you have a source for over-strength centuries?
Andrew