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Join the Legions, they said, see the world, they said...

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[–] Aielman15@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Be a farmboy

Work hard every day

Someone promises you better pay and benefits

You're still basically a farmboy, with the occasional deadly fight every now and then

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 days ago

But you get to do it in exotic locations now.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Fun part is how organized the Roman Legions were about foraging, and how equipped they were for it - sickles were amongst the tools a legionary unit-of-eight had to carry. You could be a farmboy and end up literally cutting wheat in a field to keep the army supplied after you joined the Legions. I imagine some pretty thick cursing was involved in those occasions!