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Imperial Roman barracks diagram (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'd guess temperature is a much bigger problem with tents than rain.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

In the winter, but in summer in Italy that's no issue.

Then again, soldiers sometimes just froze to death if their generals were incompetent. So from that perspective, even if it's zero degrees and you have just a tent that is quite a luxury.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

Then again, soldiers sometimes just froze to death if their generals were incompetent. So from that perspective, even if it’s zero degrees and you have just a tent that is quite a luxury.

[18th and early 19th century AD troops sleeping in the rain without tents on the march intensifies]