MEDICA

[Martin Moser]

Any idea if the basic roman soldier carried his own bandages, or "first aid kit"?

Can't rule it out, but nothing seems to be known about it from the sources, at least I didn't stumble on anything in the books and articles listed above. Anyway, soldiers could rely on a pretty good medical system in the army, with a corps of medical professionals of different levels, including medical specialsts even, to be around both in camp and out in the field as well as hospitals, which were a more or less standardized institution in the camps. Basically this was the only job that brought its own medical care system and a free one at that.