Feeding the Soldiers

[Carus Andiae]

There are many here better informed than me, but my understanding is that, at least in the 1st century AD, there is no evidence of mess halls or equivalent. Every contubernium seems to have had equipment to do its own cooking in the field, and (IIRC) there is evidence that each 8-man barrack room was provided with a hearth, possibly for the purposes of cooking. Seperate querns to grind the corn ration were issued, too, but I can't remember if this was one per century or per contubernium.