a centurion: Act 22:25, Act 27:1, Act 27:31, Act 27:43; Mat 8:5-13, Mat 27:54; Luk 7:2
Italian: The Italian band, or rather cohort, σπειρα [Strong's G4686], (a regiment sometimes consisting of from 555 to 1,105 infantry), is not unknown to the Roman writers (see Tacitus); and Gruter gives an inscription in which it is mentioned, which was found in the Forum Sempronii, on a fine marble table. Act 27:1