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Aqueducts  - Slaves-   Colosseum- Life as a Roman soldier-   Road   Roman weapons and supplies - Home-Emperor In this page of our survival guide, I will be telling you about the life of a Roman soldier. From what they ate and wore, to their what they got paid for being in the Roman army. I will be telling you all what you will need to know about the life of a Roman soldier. > > > > > > > > > > > > > **__ Connection to present time __** There isn’t a lot of ways that a roman soldier’s life would connect to our time period, but here are some ways that they could connect. A first thing is that if you are a citizen of Rome you could join the army, this is same with America. If you are a citizen you can join the military. Another way that the life of a ancient Roman soldier connects with our current tine period is that both Roman, and American soldiers had to go through training to be put into war. A third way that the life of a ancient roman soldier connects with our present time would be that Roman soldiers were classified into specific groups, our American military also classifies soldiers into groups. For example in the American military there are green berets. This was how the life of an ancient Roman soldier connects with our current time period. **//__This is what a Roman soldier would look like on horse back.__//**
 * __Life as a Roman Soldier__**
 * 1) Roman soldiers are also known as legionaries so don't get confused if you get asked a question about them.
 * 2) Other roman soldiers that were in the Calvary were called auxiliaries.
 * 1) Every 15 days a soldier received his rations.
 * 1) Every soldier received 1/2 a bushel of frumenti which is a type of grain. With this they could prepare many foods like bread, porridge and barley.
 * 1) Any meat that was available was eaten.
 * 1) It was mostly purchased from traveling merchants.
 * 1) Every soldier was recommended to eat cheese, honey and olive oil.
 * 1) Every soldier receives 45 dollars a year. You might think that's a lot in ancient times but really isn't. But every soldier received war spoils. These are gifts of land and valuables. So actually if you were in the army and you survived your life would be pretty profitable.
 * 1) The soldiers were posted to every corner of the empire to stop rebellions and guard the front lines.
 * 1) If you were a roman citizen you could join as a legionary.
 * 1) If you were a non citizen you could join as an auxiliary.
 * 1) When a soldier joined he was assigned to a legion of 5,600 men. Then the legions were divided into smaller units called cohorts. They all lived, fought and trained together.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Every soldier had to march 18.4 miles in 5 hours during the summer.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">They even trained them to swim in full armor to begin fighting on the other side.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">They also trained to continue fighting on little food encase there was a shortage.