08-21-2013, 02:01 PM
I don't think Romans were issued sleeping bags.
I once computed that it would be virtually impossible to sleep 8 men at a time in a 9 x 9 foot tent. Divide the 81 feet by 8, to get 10 square feet per person. That would mean that if all the people were 5 ft tall and two feet wide, it would be possible, but it would fill every square foot of ground with a body.
More likely, they didn't all sleep at the same time. Some would have had various duty assignments, such as fire and guard dutie. Likely, only 5 or 6 would be in the tent at a time. And no armor or other gear could be in the tent, either. Where did the armor go? Surely not out in the rain.
I once computed that it would be virtually impossible to sleep 8 men at a time in a 9 x 9 foot tent. Divide the 81 feet by 8, to get 10 square feet per person. That would mean that if all the people were 5 ft tall and two feet wide, it would be possible, but it would fill every square foot of ground with a body.
More likely, they didn't all sleep at the same time. Some would have had various duty assignments, such as fire and guard dutie. Likely, only 5 or 6 would be in the tent at a time. And no armor or other gear could be in the tent, either. Where did the armor go? Surely not out in the rain.
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
