A rota (Russian: рота, German: Rotte) is an infantry or cavalry unit.
After about 1630, the term was used to describe a file of 6-10 soldiers in formations (especially infantry) in the Polish army raised on the Foreign model.
[citation needed] The units would consist of about 100 men, led by a rotamaster, or rotmistrz.
[1] In Poland, the rota was known increasingly from the 16th century by the alternative name of Chorągiew.
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