Officers in historical armies

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Greetings, i understand that this is a question which is quite broad in scope. So answers that address a part of the question can hopefully be allowed. I am mainly trying to get an insight into the proportion and various ranks of officers into

  1. A Roman legion ( pre and post Marion reforms republic and later empire )
  2. A batallion during the Napoleonic wars - be it French or British. Of course I d welcome cavalry related answers but Guards and Line infantry is what I am looking at

And bonus question if I can get an answer to it : what about medieval warfare where it seems to me that generally the lords would lead their armies individually

dandan_noodles

At Wagram, a French battalion would be comprised of six companies. Each company had three officers: a captain, a lieutenant, and a sublieutenant. At the battalion level, it was led by a battalion chief, with an adjutant major and a sub adjutant major (rank of lieutenant) serving on his staff. In total, you'd be looking at 21 officers in a battalion with an establishment strength of 840 men.