A/N: Before we continue- I'd like to address this before I write.

Currently, I'm on chapter 8 (I prefer to keep 1 chapter unpublished so I can publish it if anything happens. Such as now-I'm preparing to upload chapter 6 after I have finished chapter 7) and I just realized I should address this- ROMAN RANKS! In the books, there are 5 ranks- Probatio, Legionnaire, Optio, Centurion, Praetor. (Not sure if Optio even exists-I see some fanfics mentioning that rank but I don't have time to re-read the whole series and write at the same time)

Anyway, this is really, really unrealistic so I wish to update le rank structure (And cohort structure). The reason for this is due to the cohorts in the RRverse being super, super tiny- around 500 men in total, while I plan to follow history and increase a cohort's strength to 480 (discounting officers that is). Anyway, let's start.

First, ranks. These are gonna be the ranks for New Rome- as historically accurate as possible. From lowest to highest-

Unofficial troops:

Probatio (Legion rule breakers)

Tiro (Legion recruit)

Evocatus (honorary members, kind of like national guardsmen)

Legionnaires:

Miles (new foot soldier)

Legionnaire (basic foot soldier)

Discens (specialists in-training)

(Side note-there's 3 pay grades for legionnaires. I decided to separate them into the three ranks above, starting from standard to 3/2 and then finally double.)

Immunes (Specialists/ military police)

Cornicen (hornblower-issues commands, NCO)

Aquilifer (standard bearers, NCO)

Decanus (10 man squad leader, NCO)

Signifier (cohort representatives and record keepers)

Officers:

(Principales)

Optio (second-in command to centurion)

Centurion (commander of 1 cohort)

Tribunus Laticlavius (Senate representative/ spokesperson of the legion, right hand man to the Primus Pilus, does not hold actual command)

Primus Pilus (First file, senior centurion, 4th in command)

Praefectus Castrorum (camp prefect, overall commander of the legion, 3rd in command after praetorian guards which I plan to implement)

Praetor (Overall camp commander, in charge of BOTH the legion and New Rome)

Before you guys go and complain about historical inaccuracy-some ranks are historically inaccurate/ their purposes have changed. For example, a Signifier used to carry the emperor's face around to remind their men of their loyalty, while a Tribunus Laticlavius held actual command and was ranked higher than a camp prefect. I made these changes because 1) too much command complexity isn't needed, and 2) you don't really have an emperor around to parade their face now, innit.

As for the senate-

quaestors (junior senators)

Aediles (senior senators)

Both are addressed as 'Senator'.

Legate is the highest rank in the senate, held for 1 year before retiring. (Most senior senator)

Second, the Romans will no longer just have foot soldiers. Velites, traditionally lightly armored light infantry (duh), will now be archers and skirmishing swordsmen, with around 10-25 per cohort. Cavalry also exists (Hazel will be happy), with every cohort having a 30-man equites team (Both led by a Decanus).

The Romans will also have 7 cohorts instead of 5, and every cohort has 480 men (discounting officers, horn blowers and standard bearers).

Every cohort will have-

2 Hornblowers

5 standard bearers (with one actually bearing the standard. The other 4 are escorts)

2 Signifiers

3 Optios (1 permanent, 2 chosen by the centurions) and

2 Centurions

As their cohort staff, along with 2 Decanus leading the cavalry and skirmishes plus their second-in-commands, with 2 Immunes assigned to each Decanus. This amounts to 20 cohort staff per cohort, bringing the total strength of 1 cohort to 500.

Line infantry Decanus are used to shout orders down the line by the way.

Also, a cohort forms 6 lines- front and rear Hastati (first rank), Principes (second rank) and Triarii (third rank). Each line has 80 men, with hornblowers at the center (in between the front third rank and the rear first rank) or at the corners. Standard bearers remain at the center, except during parades. Options are usually at the front first/second rank to take command if a centurion falls in battle. Centurions are either at the front or in the center.

Anyway, that's it for the Roman organization in my fanfic. Hope this clears stuff up, and hopefully you guys can understand it too.