Tristan Hughes

Is that the types of armour that we should be imagining for people who were either cavalrymen or who were living either as infantry or cavalry, serving as infantry or cavalry on any fort along Hadrian's Wall?

Well, if we were, first of all, let's say a routine day in the life of a soldier, we can focus on cavalry to start with the SDS and then we can look at infantry as well.

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

Do we know much about that?

A shift on the wall.

They go back, okay.

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

Well, yeah, that's another question.

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

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

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

Yeah.

Absolutely.

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.

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

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

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?

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

You want to eat once again.

It's dinner time.