Imperial Centurion

This article is about the Scenario Editor unit in Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten. For other uses, see Centurion.

Imperial Centurion
Unit information
Introduced in	Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten
Type	Cavalry
Training
Food	70
Gold	75
Training time	20 seconds
Statistics
Hit points	150
Melee attack	12
Attack bonus	+12 vs Infantry +10 vs Condottiero
Reload time	1.7
Melee armor	2
Pierce armor	1
Armor class	Cavalry (+16) Unique unit
Speed	1.35
Line of Sight	5

“	Heavy cavalry unit.	”
—Age of Empires II description

The Imperial Centurion (simply called Centurion before Return of Rome) is an untrainable heavy cavalry unit introduced in Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten, available in the Scenario Editor. It is statistically and (almost) visually identical to the Elite Cataphract.

Since update 42848, Centurions appear in the Battle Royale game mode, acting as Guardians of buildings. Higher numbers of Guardians appear near Castles.

Campaign appearances

Attila the Hun

• A Barbarian Betrothal: Before Return of Rome, the Western Roman Empire's army was composed of Centurions, attempting to lift the Hunnic siege of Orléans.

Alaric

• The Sack of Rome: A Centurion leads Roman defenders around the Arch of Constantine. His force needs to be dislodged to capture the city.
• Razing Hellas: Before Return of Rome, the Byzantines had a couple of Centurions commanding their forces.
• The Belly of the Beast: Emperor Honorius is a renamed Centurion, commanding the Roman city of Ravenna.
• The Giant Falls: Before Return of Rome, Rome had multiple Centurions defending the city.

Bari

• Arrival at Bari: In the HD Edition version, A Byzantine Centurion summons Panos to command the capture of Bari, after the Franks withdraw from the region.
• The Rebellion of Melus: In the HD Edition version, There are several Centurions in the armies of Bari.
• The Great Siege: Catepan Stephanos Pateranos is the Centurion commanding the defense of Bari. He will task Panos with various assignments.

Battles of the Forgotten

• Bapheus: In the HD Edition, a Byzantine Centurion is present in the northern Byzantine city.

Victors and Vanquished

• Gaiseric: Several Imperial Centurions command Roman armies and city garrisons, with two in Gaul, one in Africa and three in Italy (of which two are in Rome)
• Vortigern: An Imperial Centurion is among the remaining Roman defenders in Britain, stationed at Hadrian's Wall to the north.

Heroes

There is one hero in the game with the appearance of an Imperial Centurion:

• Belisarius

History

The Centurion was a rank in the Roman army, being the commander of a Centuria, or Century (literally and originally 100 men, although the standard size was 80 men for most of the Roman Empire).

It continued in the Medieval Byzantine Army as Kentarches.

Trivia

• The appearance of the Centurion in The Forgotten is anachronistic, since it combines Medieval heavy cavalry armor with an ancient Greek helmet of the Chalcidian type (which is directly taken from the Legionary in Age of Empires). It was corrected in the Definitive Edition, where the unit have a less anachronistic appearance based on Late Roman Cataphracts, with golden horse armor, cape, ridge helmet, and a round shield with the Chi Rho symbol.
  • Even so, the name of Centurion is inaccurate, since actual Centurions fought as infantry and wore either a Galea or (in Late Antiquity) a ridge helmet, like those worn by the Centurion and Legionary in the Definitive Edition. A Roman rider would have been called Eques, Legatus, or Clibanarius (in the case of fully armored heavy cavalry).

Gallery

A group of Centurions in the Definitive Edition

A couple of Centurions guarding a gate

Centurion Guardians in the Battle Royale game mode.

A group of Centurions in the HD Edition

A late Graeco-Roman (Byzantine) Kentarches (Centurion)

See also

• Centurion - The unique unit of the Romans civilization in Return of Rome.

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