Join the Legions, they said, see the world, they said…

  • Aielman15@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Be a farmboy

    Work hard every day

    Someone promises you better pay and benefits

    You’re still basically a farmboy, with the occasional deadly fight every now and then

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      4 months ago

      Fun part is how organized the Roman Legions were about foraging, and how equipped they were for it - sickles were amongst the tools a legionary unit-of-eight had to carry. You could be a farmboy and end up literally cutting wheat in a field to keep the army supplied after you joined the Legions. I imagine some pretty thick cursing was involved in those occasions!