If on the move they had to march up to 50 km a day carrying their armour, weapons, equipment and a stake for the pallisade of their camps. When they camped each night, they had to build a camp with a ditch, mound and pallisade, erect their tents (carried on mules or wagons), carry out domestic tasks helping cooks, armourers etc, and clean and repair their equipment and weapons. They also had to carry out sentry duties (automatic death penalty for sleeping on watch). There might be a couple of hours of daily rest in all that. They also had to forage daily for food, harvesting grain and fruit, rounding up and butchering cattle, winning and carrying water, fending off attackers while doing all this. And then sometimes they had regular battles to help fill in their day; if not there was always regular individual and collective training.
It was extremely tough - lots of marching in armour, poor food but plenty of it, and always the chance of being a tenth man when every tenth was executed because of a legion's poor performance in battle. scary!!! Every soldier was expected to be able to march 22 miles in 5 hours. They had to do this while carying/wearing all of their eqiupment and belongings.
The life of a Roman soldier changed with the times. At the beginning of the city, a soldier fought only until the current campaign was ended and then the army, for the most part was disbanded and the men went back to their farms. During the early republic, men were enlisted, trained and kept for various periods of time. The enlistment times and pay changed over the years. Marius reformed the army and made it open to all citizens, lengthened the enlistment time and raised the pay. Augustus truly professionalized the army, lengthened the enlistment time and raised the pay. In all these phases of the army a soldier had to train twice a day, do guard duty, and care for his equipment. If he had special skills, he was given a job where they could be used. When not at war, the army was used for the construction or roads, bridges and aqueducts. It has been said that the Roman soldier did more digging than fighting.
It all depends upon your perspective. If you were a conquered people you would more than likely view the Roman military as brutal and restrictive. If you were a province suffering raids and attacks you would view the Roman military as heaven sent protectors. If you were a Roman soldier, you lived your life obeying orders, training and doing a lot of digging and building.
It all depends upon your perspective. If you were a conquered people you would more than likely view the Roman military as brutal and restrictive. If you were a province suffering raids and attacks you would view the Roman military as heaven sent protectors. If you were a Roman soldier, you lived your life obeying orders, training and doing a lot of digging and building.
It all depends upon your perspective. If you were a conquered people you would more than likely view the Roman military as brutal and restrictive. If you were a province suffering raids and attacks you would view the Roman military as heaven sent protectors. If you were a Roman soldier, you lived your life obeying orders, training and doing a lot of digging and building.
It all depends upon your perspective. If you were a conquered people you would more than likely view the Roman military as brutal and restrictive. If you were a province suffering raids and attacks you would view the Roman military as heaven sent protectors. If you were a Roman soldier, you lived your life obeying orders, training and doing a lot of digging and building.
It all depends upon your perspective. If you were a conquered people you would more than likely view the Roman military as brutal and restrictive. If you were a province suffering raids and attacks you would view the Roman military as heaven sent protectors. If you were a Roman soldier, you lived your life obeying orders, training and doing a lot of digging and building.
It all depends upon your perspective. If you were a conquered people you would more than likely view the Roman military as brutal and restrictive. If you were a province suffering raids and attacks you would view the Roman military as heaven sent protectors. If you were a Roman soldier, you lived your life obeying orders, training and doing a lot of digging and building.
It all depends upon your perspective. If you were a conquered people you would more than likely view the Roman military as brutal and restrictive. If you were a province suffering raids and attacks you would view the Roman military as heaven sent protectors. If you were a Roman soldier, you lived your life obeying orders, training and doing a lot of digging and building.
It all depends upon your perspective. If you were a conquered people you would more than likely view the Roman military as brutal and restrictive. If you were a province suffering raids and attacks you would view the Roman military as heaven sent protectors. If you were a Roman soldier, you lived your life obeying orders, training and doing a lot of digging and building.
It all depends upon your perspective. If you were a conquered people you would more than likely view the Roman military as brutal and restrictive. If you were a province suffering raids and attacks you would view the Roman military as heaven sent protectors. If you were a Roman soldier, you lived your life obeying orders, training and doing a lot of digging and building.
The life of the Roman legionaries was tough and very busy. They were trained and drilled regularly. They often went on long marches carrying their military equipment to maintain fitness. They built the military forts and the fortifications along the foresters of the empire and they built roads, including the stone-paved roads. They also were subjected to military discipline.
It all depends upon your perspective. If you were a conquered people you would more than likely view the Roman military as brutal and restrictive. If you were a province suffering raids and attacks you would view the Roman military as heaven sent protectors. If you were a Roman soldier, you lived your life obeying orders, training and doing a lot of digging and building.
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The daily life of a Roman soldier was training, doing marches and occasionally a real battle.
Roman soldiers had citizenship papers. Sometimes they were carved on to pieces of bronze.
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The two groups of Roman soldiers were the infantry and the cavalry. Each group had its divisions.
It sucked!
The activities of Roman soldiers in the evenings would depend on his duty schedule. Roman soldiers were not nine to five employees. They would have guard duties, at least. Equipment had to be cleaned as well as the barracks or tents. Food had to be cooked and laundry done. But for the most part the Roman soldiers slept.The activities of Roman soldiers in the evenings would depend on his duty schedule. Roman soldiers were not nine to five employees. They would have guard duties, at least. Equipment had to be cleaned as well as the barracks or tents. Food had to be cooked and laundry done. But for the most part the Roman soldiers slept.The activities of Roman soldiers in the evenings would depend on his duty schedule. Roman soldiers were not nine to five employees. They would have guard duties, at least. Equipment had to be cleaned as well as the barracks or tents. Food had to be cooked and laundry done. But for the most part the Roman soldiers slept.The activities of Roman soldiers in the evenings would depend on his duty schedule. Roman soldiers were not nine to five employees. They would have guard duties, at least. Equipment had to be cleaned as well as the barracks or tents. Food had to be cooked and laundry done. But for the most part the Roman soldiers slept.The activities of Roman soldiers in the evenings would depend on his duty schedule. Roman soldiers were not nine to five employees. They would have guard duties, at least. Equipment had to be cleaned as well as the barracks or tents. Food had to be cooked and laundry done. But for the most part the Roman soldiers slept.The activities of Roman soldiers in the evenings would depend on his duty schedule. Roman soldiers were not nine to five employees. They would have guard duties, at least. Equipment had to be cleaned as well as the barracks or tents. Food had to be cooked and laundry done. But for the most part the Roman soldiers slept.The activities of Roman soldiers in the evenings would depend on his duty schedule. Roman soldiers were not nine to five employees. They would have guard duties, at least. Equipment had to be cleaned as well as the barracks or tents. Food had to be cooked and laundry done. But for the most part the Roman soldiers slept.The activities of Roman soldiers in the evenings would depend on his duty schedule. Roman soldiers were not nine to five employees. They would have guard duties, at least. Equipment had to be cleaned as well as the barracks or tents. Food had to be cooked and laundry done. But for the most part the Roman soldiers slept.The activities of Roman soldiers in the evenings would depend on his duty schedule. Roman soldiers were not nine to five employees. They would have guard duties, at least. Equipment had to be cleaned as well as the barracks or tents. Food had to be cooked and laundry done. But for the most part the Roman soldiers slept.
The Roman soldier had the standard gripes about army life as present day soldiers. Some of these were the lack of sleep, the discipline, the amount of deductions from their pay, the attitude of their centurion, and the food.
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What do the Roman Soldiers eat?
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Like all soldiers in all ancient armies, Roman soldiers wore helmets to protect their heads
By definition, fighting is what soldiers do.
All Roman soldiers were paid. They were professional soldiers.
A Roman lived his/her life like people anywhere in the world.
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Mithraism was the male only religion popular with the Roman soldiers.
Roman soldiers had citizenship papers. Sometimes they were carved on to pieces of bronze.