Comment on It was a lot easier to get a job back in the day

• PugJesus@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  You might be surprised! For all the complaints we have of legionaries, and they are manifold and sometimes petty, food quality isn’t one of them - something which has been noted by historians as unusual considering that food is usually one of the top complaints of pre-modern (and often modern) soldiery. Considering the high quality of medical treatment and that the Romans considered diet to be a core part of health, and the known rations supplied to legionaries, it’s likely that most legionaries were eating as-well-as or better than their civilian counterparts!

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  • MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    TIL

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    • PugJesus@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Standard rations of grain (to be made into bread), meat, beans and lentils, cheese, salt, wine, and vinegar. Fucking ancient legionaries are eating better than I am*.

      *because my diet is shit by choice, but still. why eat good when eating bad is so easy

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      • MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        You get wine?

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