Turmae

• Turmae is the plural of Turma, meaning a squadron of Roman Cavalry
• A Turma consisted of 30 or 32 horses. The Turmae were grouped into an ‘Ala’ meaning Wing, usually numbering 500.

The Cavalry Wing (Ala)

• An Ala, meaning ‘Wing’, would consist of 480 men, made up of 15 or so smaller ‘Turmae’ or ‘Squadrons’.
• Each Turma or ‘Squadron’ consisted of 30 or 32 men.
• Each Squadron was divided into 3 ‘Decuriae’ or ‘Troops’ of 10 men each.