Army

Question 1

Divided into two

Answer 1

The duty or the watch

Question 2

The duty

Answer 2

Associated with operating the installation as a military facility

Question 3

Duty time divided into the ‘vigilia’

Answer 3

Eight watches into which the 24-hour day - stood watch three hours a day

Question 4

Buccina

Answer 4

First watch of the day

Question 5

Staff meeting

Answer 5

Tribuni receive the password of the day

Question 6

Teachings to soldiers

Answer 6

Use every weapon
Ride
Archery
Spear throwing

Question 7

Jobs

Answer 7

Each soldier had a regular job on the base: from clerks to craftsmen
All soldiers skilled in all the arts of craft - interchangeable

Question 8

Supply administration

Answer 8

Businesss using money as a medium of exchange (aureus, soldius)

Question 9

Military hospital (valetudinarium, hospitum)

Answer 9

Physicians called medici ordinarii

Question 10

Officer privileges

Answer 10

Allowed to marry and reside with families on base

Question 11

Time of service

Answer 11

25 years then given honesta missio
At the end granted Roman citizenship
Spoils of war
Yearly wage of soldier: 225-300 denarii (12,000 euros)

Question 12

Communities near base

Answer 12

Common law families of soldiers
Trade purposes
Veterans went into business there

Question 13

Duties

Answer 13

Official chores required - chosen by tribuni
Later on curae - lot, rotation and negotiation
Divided into time slices - typically one or two months

Question 14

Legio Romana

Answer 14

One legion: 5280 men and 120 auxiliaries split into ten cohorts (first 960; nine 480)
One cohort divided into six centuries except for first (five centuries)
One century: 80 soldiers divided into ten conutbernia (8 soldiers each)

Question 15

In Britain

Answer 15

3 Roman legions
56 auxiliary units
53,000 soldiers

Question 16

Ranks

Answer 16

legatus legionis (1).
tribunus laticlavius (1) (senatorial).
praefectus castrorum (1).
tribunus angusticlavius (5) (equestrian)
centurion: each cohort six centurions
decurion: cavalry commander of
primus pilus: centurion of first centurion of first cohort
each centurion had: one optio
aquilifer: one for each legion signifer: one for each cohort cornicen: one for each cohort
tesserarius: one for each century, assisting optio

Question 17

Training

Answer 17

Marching
Swimming
Running
Construction

Question 18

Basic characteristics of Roman camp

Answer 18

• provide accommodation for large numbers of soldiers and storage place for supplies required to support them
• some camps occupied for centuries
• some variation, but mainly a rectangle with rounded corners
• a legionary fortress covered 60 acres
• defense not the primary concern
• access to communications by road, especially by water
• vicus developed around the camp, eventually into towns (e.g. in England, -chester)