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Eating with Legionaries at Vindolanda


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We have had previous posts about the diet of the Legionaries and whether they were vegetarians (see post below). I think that most scholars now believe that the Legionaries’ diet was supplemented by local food sources, including meat and fish.

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The excellent Max Miller recently did a video on possible diets of the Roman army using ancient sources including letters found at Vindolanda:

 


 

 

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