11-20-2006, 04:42 PM
Hi Susanna,
I've never heard of a reference to scheduled calls. Cool.
Do you happen to have a literary reference for that.
Do you also happen to have the names of the other calls as well.
You see, I work in shifts and part of me has always wondered what kind of shift-system the Roman guards would have used.
I reckoned they would either use two hour shifts at night (it's the easiest one if they also expect you to do something the next day instead of walking around like a stoned zombie) or something similar to the system of the medieval monks. Since their prayer around 5 am is called vigili (okay, long shot)
Standing guard is a little different from praying.
Thanks for any info.
Wim.
I've never heard of a reference to scheduled calls. Cool.
Do you happen to have a literary reference for that.
Do you also happen to have the names of the other calls as well.
You see, I work in shifts and part of me has always wondered what kind of shift-system the Roman guards would have used.
I reckoned they would either use two hour shifts at night (it's the easiest one if they also expect you to do something the next day instead of walking around like a stoned zombie) or something similar to the system of the medieval monks. Since their prayer around 5 am is called vigili (okay, long shot)
Standing guard is a little different from praying.
Thanks for any info.
Wim.
