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Just read that the average Roman soldier carried over 60 pounds of gear on marches
I saw that stat in a new article about a legionary camp dig in Germany and my back hurts just thinking about it. Has anyone else come across a find that made a historical fact feel way too real?
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lee.diana5d ago
Did they find any of the actual gear? Seeing the worn down hobnails on a soldier's boot sole always gets me.
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haydenp955d ago
That boot sole thing is exactly it, @lee.diana. For me, it was seeing a Roman mess tin from a dig with a clear, deep knife slash across it. Just a simple cooking pot, but someone really hacked into it, maybe in a hurry or during a fight. You stop thinking about armies and just picture one guy, tired and hungry, making a meal. Makes the whole thing feel less like a history book, you know? What other small finds hit you that way?
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