Bible Verses About The Roman Empire: Different military officers

As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night.”

He asked them to provide animals, that they might set Paul on one, and bring him safely to Felix the governor.