Fun Fact! As idle hands are devils’ work, Roman soldiers, when they weren’t training or fighting, were just about always kept occupied with some form of productive labor. This is actually a major difference between the Roman Legions and other militaries of the time - other full-time professional soldiers (and even middle-class militia) often considered it ‘beneath’ them to engage in manual labor en masse. To the Roman legionary, on the other hand, manual labor was beaten into them (often literally) from day one of their service. They knew from the start they’d be digging ditches for most of their 20-25 year contract!
Additional Fun Fact! Soldiers often drank a curious concoction known as ‘posca’, which was a mixture of salt, vinegar or sour wine, and local water. This made local water on the campaign trail more potable, and kept the troops hydrated.
The Roman army was basically a construction crew that built roads and cities wherever they wanted, no matter who opposed it.
But later on they had some issues with vandalism.
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Standard 3:3:2 ratio.
Unmixed? Pffft he mixed it with sapa.
So sweet I can taste the lead!
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As usual, only Marcus and Fabius are doing all the work, and everyone else is just slacking off!
Fun Fact! As idle hands are devils’ work, Roman soldiers, when they weren’t training or fighting, were just about always kept occupied with some form of productive labor. This is actually a major difference between the Roman Legions and other militaries of the time - other full-time professional soldiers (and even middle-class militia) often considered it ‘beneath’ them to engage in manual labor en masse. To the Roman legionary, on the other hand, manual labor was beaten into them (often literally) from day one of their service. They knew from the start they’d be digging ditches for most of their 20-25 year contract!
Additional Fun Fact! Soldiers often drank a curious concoction known as ‘posca’, which was a mixture of salt, vinegar or sour wine, and local water. This made local water on the campaign trail more potable, and kept the troops hydrated.
That posca sounds nasty as hell, speaking as someone who is completely revulsed viscerally from the smell of vinegar.
The exact recipe varies. I’ve heard reactions from modern re-enactors and enthusiasts ranging from “Tastes like feet” to “Tart but enjoyable”
find the foot fetishists.
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Yeah, seems like it would taste really bad.
But better than the worse illnesses.
Probably also better than raw water from some muddy stream when there isn’t any other option for drinking, tbh.
Yeah, Bear Grylls’ tips only really work on untrodden paths.
You don’t want to try it out when someone might be pissing upstream.
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“What about in front of the wall?”
“Diggy diggy hole”
The Roman army was basically a construction crew that built roads and cities wherever they wanted, no matter who opposed it.
But later on they had some issues with vandalism.