How to sleep in a contubernium

[Quintus Claudius Scaevola]

In fact when we hear about centurians being corrupt I'm sure he would go to the first contubernium and say "I need 8 men for guard duty tonight" hold out his hand and if crossed with a few Denarii that group did not have to do it, it would maybe always be the guys who did not have enough cash who got clobbered.

Funny you should mention that; I just got to the part in 'Roman Military Dress' where Graham quotes a letter from Claudius Terentianus, who complains that the Optio jacked the pickaxe Terentianus' father sent him. I guess you just can't trust an NCO, eh? ;-)