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I have been doing research for a novel ight now mainly about training and such. I read that they would give probatio (New Recruits) a gladius and spatha that weighed twice as much as the real ones for training the same went for the pilum. How much would that be? Also if anyone knows a good site that looks deeply into training i would like to see it I have not been able to find ant good sites. If anyone would like to be in my book as a character give me the roman name of the character what they are like and what position the obtain. ^_^
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Thank you for the advice I know what you mean about the sites. I have looked in our local library some but it is not very big and there isn't much information on romans there. I will look again though.
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How?
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I have figured it out Marcus thanks for the link! ^_^
May good fortune follow you and your blade stay sharp. LOL
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Try reading R.W DAVIES 'SERVICE IN THE ROMAN ARMY, ED Breeze and Maxfield Edinburgh (1989) for starters.
Graham.
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Hmm ok. Any idea where i can get it? Does books a million have it or walmart?
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Hello Ben
You might need a University Library. However it is worth looking for as it concentrates on the daily life of the soldiers unlike most of the other books on the list. It is a collection of articles including recruitment, training and daily life based on primary sources such as pay receipts duty rosters and letters. Failing that Peter Connollys book on the Legionary might be more readily available but does not have the detail you might be after.
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You might have more luck finding Watson's The Roman Soldier in a bookstore (or ordering it through Amazon); it's fairly cheap and a reasonable introduction to the experience of an ordinary soldier, if getting a little dated now. It's also limited to the early imperial period; if that's not the period in which you're setting your novel you're going to have to look elsewhere!
