A Look At What Life Was Like For A Roman Soldier 2,000 Years Ago

We Are The Mighty: This was the average day for an ancient Roman soldier

Today, the modern soldier wakes up, eats chow, goes through a day of training with his or her squad before resting up. They follow this schedule every day from Monday to Friday. If the troop is on a deployment, they could work anywhere from 12 to 18 hours (if not more) per day, seven days a week, for nearly a year.

It's a tough lifestyle.

Once a troop fulfills their service commitment, they can be honorably discharged or reenlist — the choice is theirs.

Now, let's rewind time to around 15 C.E. The Roman Empire is thriving and you're an infantryman serving in the Imperial Roman army under Emperor Tiberius. In many ways, life was quite different for the average sword-wielding soldier when compared to today's modern troop. In other ways, however, things were very much the same.

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WNU Editor: The more things change .... the more they stay the same.