Leather Contubernium Tents

[Tim Edwards]

The marching pack article Jurjen referred to here:
http://www.legiiavg.org.uk/index_files/Page32663.htm
I wrote it as an update for those who have already read Fuentes' Mule of a soldier.

I agree that we still have a lot to discover about tent variants. The Duerne leather tent section (assuming that is what it is) suggest lighter, more manoueverable types, suited to an extended section strength patrol.

I hazily remember a reference to soldiers having to contribute pay for allocated portions of the tent, (though not necessarily meaning the tent was in sections...!) Can anyone find this?

I can't help feeling that there are a lot of finds from Vindonissa which might help us with many of the questions we have on Roman military leatherwork, that desparately need fresh analysis and republishing.

Here's a low walled pattern from a hunting scene on a mosaic from Tunisia:

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