CENTURY Copy link • CENTURYa hundred, centum (distributice, centeni). The number of 100, centuria. Space of 100 years, centenum annorum; centum annorum spatium: saeculum (a “generation” = according to Etruscan and Roman computation, 100 years). Division of the Roman people, centuria: by centuries, centuriatim: to divide into centuries, centuriare: division by centuries, centuriatus.