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How much meat was in a Legionary\'s diet?
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According to papyri evidence, in the 6th cent. the meat ration for a soldier was 0.45 kg per day. That is a lot of meat!

http://www.papyrology.ox.ac.uk/POxy/
Nr. 2046 e.g.

Jones quotes more papyri in his Later Roman Empire on that...
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Re: How much meat was in a Legionary\'s diet? - by Kai - 04-04-2012, 08:17 PM

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