Foodstuffs for the Roman Legionary in the field

[Crispvs]

If I recall correctly, soldiers were issued with grain every three days or so (presumably obtained by a mixture of requisitioning from the local population and organised cutting of [other people's] crops by rostered detatchments of troops) and otherwise foraged for other food to make up the diet. I suspect however, that there was probably also a highly organised logistics setup which would have seen to it that there was also some organised supply of easily transported foodstuffs for the army in the field. I suspect that meat was also requisitioned by the army from the local populace. Caesar frequently talks of burning villages and one suspects that if he was happy to deprive the locals of their homes in order to intimidate their neighbours, he would also have been likely to appropriate their livestock as well.<br>
I think more work needs to be done on logistics in the Roman army (or perhaps I am just so obsessed with daggers and helmets that I have failed to notice the work that may already have been done).<br>
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