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In a previous comment, you wrote about Roman soldiers "hunting any game they came across". "Game" means wild animals. Of course they stole and ate any livesto
by hollerith 11mo ago
In a previous comment, you wrote about Roman soldiers "hunting any game they came across". "Game" means wild animals.
Of course they stole and ate any livestock they could get unless they were passing through the territory of an ally, in which case the commander probably has warned the men that any man caught pillaging would be executed, but in compensation, the commander had probably purchased livestock and other food from the ally to be distributed to the men.
- chongli 11mo agoI did some more research. The Romans actually had dedicated hunting units attached to their armies, called venatores. They hunted wild game for food and also captured animals to return to the city for entertainment (venationes) and public executions (damnatio ad bestias). So not only did they hunt, they made it a formal part of their military, not merely an opportunistic food source. I have to say, I don't appreciate that you would take such an obstinate stance without doing any research of your own. It's intellectually lazy.