05-07-2006, 05:11 PM
After plundering a city (the spoils of war) soldiers would acquire more personal possession. I keep reading in the Conquest of Gaul how the soldiers possession were kept in the baggage trains, which were stored in a safe city or sometimes half the luggage in one place the other half someplace else, while they were out campaigning
How did that work? Did each soldier report his new acquired possessions to someone, who would keep a log and gave him a receipt? Or was there a large pile of loot that they shared in. How could a soldier be guaranteed that all his personal possession would still be there when he got back? What stopped the guarding soldiers from rummaging through it and taking a piece now and then, the honor system?
How did that work? Did each soldier report his new acquired possessions to someone, who would keep a log and gave him a receipt? Or was there a large pile of loot that they shared in. How could a soldier be guaranteed that all his personal possession would still be there when he got back? What stopped the guarding soldiers from rummaging through it and taking a piece now and then, the honor system?
Steve
