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Feeding the Soldiers
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I found this little statement. No sources listed, unfortunately.

Quote:The staple diet of the legionary was bread, and each ten-man squad of a legion ground its own wheat to flour, then baked bread at its tent – there was no mess hall in a Roman camp.

Stephen Dando-Collins, Mark Antony’s Heroes

However, Nic Field’s “Hadrian’s Wall” published by Osprey identifies a “dining room” for officers in Housesteads fort (page 23). I couldn’t find anything about mess halls for the common troops.
David J. Cord
www.davidcord.com
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Feeding the Soldiers - by Lothia - 02-18-2012, 10:12 PM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by Carus Andiae - 02-19-2012, 03:15 AM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by Epictetus - 02-19-2012, 01:09 PM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by Vindex - 02-19-2012, 04:16 PM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 02-19-2012, 04:28 PM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by Vindex - 02-19-2012, 04:37 PM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by Gaius Julius Caesar - 02-19-2012, 04:40 PM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by Sean Manning - 02-20-2012, 02:24 AM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by Carus Andiae - 02-20-2012, 03:54 AM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by D B Campbell - 02-20-2012, 04:05 AM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by Lothia - 02-20-2012, 06:06 AM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by Nathan Ross - 02-20-2012, 06:30 AM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by D B Campbell - 02-20-2012, 07:43 PM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by Mithras - 02-21-2012, 12:49 AM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by PhilusEstilius - 02-21-2012, 01:49 AM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by Narukami - 04-20-2012, 10:19 AM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by Robert Vermaat - 04-20-2012, 05:31 PM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by Narukami - 04-20-2012, 08:59 PM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by D B Campbell - 04-20-2012, 09:04 PM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by Graham Sumner - 04-20-2012, 09:31 PM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by Renatus - 04-21-2012, 02:50 AM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by Robert Vermaat - 04-24-2012, 02:22 PM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by Renatus - 04-24-2012, 05:03 PM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by D B Campbell - 04-24-2012, 06:21 PM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by Robert Vermaat - 04-25-2012, 11:43 PM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by Renatus - 04-26-2012, 01:27 AM
Re: Feeding the Soldiers - by Mithras - 04-26-2012, 02:52 PM

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