On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 21:44:13 -0400, Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I recall if they completed their enlistment they got; Roman citizenship, that > farm, and a small pension.
a citizenship and a small pension if you don't get killed? that does sound kinda familiar... and not too ancient at all. but tossing a farm in there, i have to say, romans were quite generous. > Remember most legionnaires were not much more than > serfs, the promise of all that was kind of like promising a GI today that he > would be made president when he retired if he did not get killed in action. Also > they got food and kit while they were in, not something the poor could be sure > of unless they sold themselves into slavery. It always sounded to me like their > choices back then were the army, outlawry, or surfdom. hm... that sounds quite modern too. best, mishka
