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The centurion's uniform was marked by two alterations from standard Roman uniform: his helmet crest was side to side instead of back to front, and he wore greaves. The centurion also carried a vine staff as a badge of office, sometimes used to beat delinquent soldiers.

The Greek term for centurion was 'hekatontarchos'.

Centurion was also the name of a British tank of the post- World War 2 era. See Centurion tank

The Centurion engine is a diesel aircraft engine.

Centurion is an area in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Centurion used to be called Verwoerdburg, named after Hendrik Verwoerd, the "architect of apartheid". The politically neutral name Centurion has no significance, and was presumably chosen to match the name of the Centurion Park (now called SuperSport Park ) cricketcricket match in progress. The beige strip is the cricket pitch. The people wearing black trousers on the far right are the umpires. Cricket is a team game played between two teams of eleven players each. It originated in its modern form in England, and i ground, located in the area.

Centurion is now a subdivision of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan MunicipalityThe City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality is (as of 5 December 2000) a metropolitan area in Gauteng province, South Africa, that includes the city of Pretoria. It is is made up of 13 former city and town councils and is managed by means of an executiv, which also includes PretoriaPretoria is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the executive (administrative) capital; it is situated in the province of Gauteng. Cape Town is the legislative capital and Bloemfontein the judicial capital. It is a very pleasant and cos.

CenturionCenturion is a drinking game that involves downing 100 shots of beer in 100 minutes (i. one a minute). The game is considered difficult to complete without vomiting due to the large amount of liquid being consumed (100 shots is approximately 6 pints) in a is a drinking gameDrinking games are games which involve drinking alcoholic beverages. The point is either simply to drink, or to make your opponent drink more than you do, so that they become drunk and drink even more, and so forth. Cottabus is an ancient game involving s involving the consumption of 100 shots of beer1990s England when people received less than a pint (568 ml) of beer for the price of a pint. A beer is any variety of alcoholic beverages produced by the fermentation of starchy material derived from grains or other plant sources. The production of beer.