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Tristan Hughes

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The Ancients
How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall

But do we know much about the routine of a soldier if they were on duty that day?

The Ancients
How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall

Do we know much about that?

The Ancients
How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall

A shift on the wall.

The Ancients
How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall

They go back, okay.

The Ancients
How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall

And do you think escort missions would be a big part, actually, of these garrisons once in a while?

The Ancients
How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall

Well, yeah, that's another question.

The Ancients
How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall

Do we know much about, you know, training yards or about how, not exercises as such, but yeah, drill, I guess.

The Ancients
How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall

So how have they been able to identify it as a training hall?

The Ancients
How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall

Have they found straw dummies on the ground or anything like that?

The Ancients
How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall

Yeah.

The Ancients
How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall

Absolutely.

The Ancients
How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall

So, I mean, going back to the duties of a soldier, so you mentioned kind of being on guard on the wall, if he did have a walkway, presumably he did have a walkway.

The Ancients
How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall

That's another big debate, isn't it?

The Ancients
How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall

Okay, being on guard, maybe on patrols, maybe doing escort missions, which is also really interesting.

The Ancients
How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall

Given that the soldiers were involved in the building of Hadrian's Wall itself, if there was a case where a part of Hadrian's Wall had fallen down, can we presume that a team of soldiers from one of the forts, whether you're a cavalry or infantry, would be sent out to help rebuild the wall at that part?

The Ancients
How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall

So the day goes on, and let's say you finish your shift at the end of the day.

The Ancients
How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall

You want to eat once again.

The Ancients
How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall

It's dinner time.

The Ancients
How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall

Can we imagine that the... I almost said the forbidden R word, the rations word again.

The Ancients
How to Survive on Hadrian’s Wall

But can we imagine that the food is similar to at the beginning of the day, kind of making bread from flour?