02-20-2012, 04:05 AM
Quote:However, Nic Field’s “Hadrian’s Wall” published by Osprey identifies a “dining room” for officers in Housesteads fort (page 23).The room in question is in the commanding officer's house. It's the commanding officer's dining room. (Unless he had under-floor heating in his bedroom.)
The only other officers (at Housesteads) were the lowly auxiliary centurions, who probably wouldn't have been invited to dine with the prefect. Their quarters were more generous than the common men's quarters, with ample dining space. (In the fortresses, the higher grade legionary centurions each had even larger quarters.)
