06-12-2007, 08:11 PM
Just weighed my "battle kit" and it comes in at 55 lbs and that includes water and "lunch".
No evidence for a ground cloth but a waterproof leather wrapper for the blanket keeps the blanket dry on the march and you dry on the ground.
Fire starter? Absolutely. Weighs next to nothing and I usually have tinder as well. What if the guy withe firestarter is dead, transfered away for a day or a week or lost it!
Dice? I don't trust yours or do I? Micarius has dice and knuckle bones. Don't game with him! Ask Flavius!!
Baubles? Of course!! Hair pins go over very well! .. 'cause you never know when you'll get some free time.. I mean its not like we march very day or don't stay in one place for a few days... or that our unit will be stuck with scut duty.. some centuria or contubernia get rewarded with immunes and even if its for an afternoon and if there's a village or town of any size.. well... let's hope they have cerveza too!
We have our "3 days rations" in the loculus, plus I like to carry a small bag on the balteus militare with some lunch and a net bag hanging off the sarcina with what ever fresh food I can buy or acquire. Those locals go crazy for coin or "baubles" in exchange for loaf bread or fruit... and every now and then a small skin of cerveza...
No evidence for a ground cloth but a waterproof leather wrapper for the blanket keeps the blanket dry on the march and you dry on the ground.
Fire starter? Absolutely. Weighs next to nothing and I usually have tinder as well. What if the guy withe firestarter is dead, transfered away for a day or a week or lost it!
Dice? I don't trust yours or do I? Micarius has dice and knuckle bones. Don't game with him! Ask Flavius!!
Baubles? Of course!! Hair pins go over very well! .. 'cause you never know when you'll get some free time.. I mean its not like we march very day or don't stay in one place for a few days... or that our unit will be stuck with scut duty.. some centuria or contubernia get rewarded with immunes and even if its for an afternoon and if there's a village or town of any size.. well... let's hope they have cerveza too!
We have our "3 days rations" in the loculus, plus I like to carry a small bag on the balteus militare with some lunch and a net bag hanging off the sarcina with what ever fresh food I can buy or acquire. Those locals go crazy for coin or "baubles" in exchange for loaf bread or fruit... and every now and then a small skin of cerveza...
Hibernicus
LEGIO IX HISPANA, USA
You cannot dig ditches in a toga!
[url:194jujcw]http://www.legio-ix-hispana.org[/url]
A nationwide club with chapters across N America
LEGIO IX HISPANA, USA
You cannot dig ditches in a toga!
[url:194jujcw]http://www.legio-ix-hispana.org[/url]
A nationwide club with chapters across N America
