11-30-2013, 08:48 PM
I know from previous discussions that soldiers who were wounded and could no longer serve could be given the same grant of money/land as that of a soldier who completed his service obligation. Was there a similar benefit for the survivors of a soldier who was killed in battle or died in service? I've read elsewhere on this site that property would revert to the soldier's father if still living. Was there any provision made for the families of such soldiers? I would think that since these, for the most part, would not be citizens that would be unlikely. Do we know how such benefits were administered? Did the legion or the office of the provincial governor decide and pay these or were they the responsibility of a centralized office in Rome?
