• PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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    12 hours ago

    Interestingly enough, some suggest that Roman contubernia had 10 men in them (8 legionaries, 2 assistants), and that tents and barracks having 8 sleeping spaces is because 2 men would be rotated on night-time guard duty.

    • Cyrus Draegur@lemm.ee
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      9 hours ago

      wow that’s cool! I was actually just joking but it’s cool that there was something like that going on!