Centurion (disambiguation)

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A centurion was a professional officer of the Roman army.

Centurion may also refer to:

Places

• Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa
  • Centurion (Gautrain station)
• Centurion Bank, submerged atoll southeast of Chagos Archipelago, east of Africa

People

• Cornelius the Centurion, a New Testament figure

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

• Centurion, a fictional officer in the Romulan Star Empire in the science fiction franchise Star Trek
• Cylon Centurions, the military models of the Cylon robots in both Battlestar Galactica television series
• Nova-Prime, a character appearing in publications by Marvel Comics
• The Centurians, the servants of the summon spirit Ratatosk, in Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
• Rory Williams, also known as the Last Centurion, from the British television series Doctor Who

Films

(Chronological)

• The Centurion (film), a 1961 historical drama film
• Centurion (film), a 2010 historical thriller directed by Neil Marshall

Games and toys

• Centurion, a 2013 Nerf blaster released under the N-Strike Elite Mega series
• Centurion: Defender of Rome, computer game

Literature

• Centurion (novel), a 2007 novel by Simon Scarrow
• The Centurion: A Novel, by Jan de Hartog
• Éditions du Centurion French publishing house
• The Centurions, a 1960 French novel by Jean Lartéguy

Periodicals

• Centurion (magazine), an English-language quarterly magazine
• The Centurion, a conservative magazine focused on Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Military equipment

• Centurion Counter-RAM, land based version of the Phalanx Close-In Weapon System
• Centurion tank, British battle tank
• HMS Centurion, name of several ships and a shore base of the British Royal Navy

Plants

• Centurion (grape), a California wine grape
• Centurion (tree), tallest eucalyptus in the world, 99.6 metres high

Sport

• Centurion (racewalking) a racewalking competition over 100 miles to be completed within 24 hours
• Centurion Park, South African cricket ground
• Centurions (gridiron team) from Canberra, ACT, Australia
• Leigh Centurions, English rugby league club

Transportation

• Centurion (bicycle), brand of bicycles, manufactured in Japan
• Buick Centurion, car built by General Motors
• Centurion Air Cargo, an airline
• Centurion Engines, German series of aircraft engines
• Cessna 210 Centurion, aircraft

Other uses

• Centurion Card, American Express charge card
• Statgraphics Centurion XV, statistical software

See also

• Centenarian a one-hundred-year-old person
• Centurian (disambiguation)
• Centurion's staff
• Century (disambiguation)
• The Centurions (disambiguation)