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The Youtube clip contains images of re-enactments of life in the Roman Army. But what was it really like for Roman soldiers - was it a good or bad experience? Post your opinions!
it would be good to be a roman soldier because you would be well respected by lots of people and you would be able to save your country by helping to fight in the roman army.
I dont thinnk it was good to live in the army because alot of other people didnt like you and wanted you dead.Plus you couldnt have a relationship or get married.In training you had to use swords and sheilds twice the weight as the ones in battle!!
Some times it could of been good because you got alot of respect from the people of Rome.Most of the time you weren't in battle you were training so you were pritty fit.
I think being aroman soilder wasn't so good because alot of people wanted you dead and it was hard work.
hello i am a roman soldier i think being a soldier is very terrible because i have to stay away from my family and i am not aloud to get married. i also get seriosly injured, many of my friends have got killed in battle.we also have to learn extra things like road building and carpentry. We also have to carry heavy equiptment. Even though we get paid quite alot, most of the money gets taken off of me
However i like being a soldier because people respect me and think that i am important. I also get loads of parcels and letteers from my family. As well as that, when i retire i get a pension and a peice of land, i don't have to pay taxes anymore.
Over all i hate my job because i have to do loads of training and sometimes get seriously injured i wish i had an easy job.
It would be good to be a roman soldier because you would be respected by lots of people and you would be able to save your country by helping to fight in the roman army.
Soldiers could also do jobs like making shoes, being a plasterer or working in the army hospital when they weren’t fighting.They could save some money every month from their payments.When soldiers left the army they were given a pension and a piece of land.
They didn’t have to pay taxes any more.Soldiers could get letters and parcels from home from their familys.
HELLO i'm a roman soldier and i have some things to tell you.
Good things about being a roman soldier are: That you could ger letters and parcels from home. When we went on journeys we had enough food to last us 3day's. if you didn't want to be a soldier that day you could do a different job eg: making shoes.( that was only if there was peace)
The bad thing's about being a roman soldier are: You could die wilst having a battle. We had to carry lots of equipment with us when we went on marches. We would practice with swords and shields double the weight of normal ones!
Overall, i think it's hard being a roman soldier and i didn't qiite like being one. I recomend that if you want to be a soldier you have a good brain and say NO AS BEING A ROMAN SOLIDER.
First of all the good pints are they were armed well and had lots of weapons to use from differnt distances. They were respected well by the public. It was a chance for them to show off there bravery.
On the other hand, the bad points about being a Roman soldier were, their got payed 75 denails, but they were had to pay nearly half of thier money. They coludn't get married, so they couldn't show they love to everyone. Also, that meant they had hardly no freedom.
Over all i think even that being a roman soldier had some advantages and disadvantages so I think some romans might have liked and it and some might not.
hi im a roman soldier comments on good and bad things on being a soldier-
The good thing about being a roman soldier is the costume is pretty much good and when soldiers left the army they were given a pension [AND A PIECE OF LAND]they didnt have to pay taxes any more.and the other thing is they could recieve letters and parcels through post.
BAD THING: HELLO AGAIN TELLING YOU ABOUT BAD THINS theb bad thing is beig a soldier is when a group of soldiers would lose a battle, one Emperor ordered every tenth man should be executed!! The rest would get their rations (food cut)roman solldiers vwere not allowed to get married even if they were madly in love.They would have children with the women in the town they were staying.(good) That is the end of my story FARRAH 7A
One reason why Roman soldiers might have had a good life is because they got respect by other people. This is because they were higher up the Roman Empire.
Another reason why Roman soldier might have had a good life is because when they left the army they were given a pension and a piece of land. Also, they didn't have to pay taxes any more.
One reason why Roman soldier might not enjoy thier life is because they got most of their money taken off of them. Although they got 76 denarii, they got 46 denarii taken off of them.
Another reason why Roman soldiers might not have a good life is because if they lost a battle one Emperor would execute every 10th man!
Thanks for listening to my views! by Luke and Hamza
I think it woulden't be that good being a Roman soldier because there is a chance that you will get killed. Also you get paid a fair amount of money but around half of it is taken away to pay for your food, beds and cloths. Also i pesonally would not find it amusing to kill people. like what if your brother was in the army you were fighting and you had to kill him? Also when they were pracising with swords and shields they would weigh twice the weight of the normal ones. They were not aloud a relationship either wich i think would be quite unfair.
But other peoople might think it would be good working for the army because people would respect you because you are serving there country and protecting them. You also get paid more money than if you wasn't working at all. Also when they left the army you got paid a pension and a piece of land and you didn't have to pay taxes ant more. While they were working for the army they were aloud to send and recieve letters and parcels.luckily they had a docter working for the army so whenever they had a wound it could be treated streight away.
But as a conclusion i think that i would prefer not to work in the Roman army because i would rather not get killed .Also there would be a few other jobs where i would be more comfortuble and i could have a relationship or a family.
DISADVANTGES!!! I think it is a bad idea of being a roman soldier because they might die and they might not see they family ever again. And they might not have liked the food. When they came back from the war they got a little pension and a little piece of land. And when they came back they got some of it taken of them for the food and the clothes. And another good thing wasthat they got paid 75 denaris after evey four months. Solidiers had to carry loads of stuff with them so it was really heavy and they had to carry it a wherey long way. ADVANTAGES!!! Solidiers could be shoe makers and plasters or even people who work in the armyt hspital. And the bad thing is that they got 46 denaris taken of them for the food and the clothing. The good thing is they were givin a pension and a little piece of land so they could build a little crops or a house and a way of making money and sellin crops or making they own stall or shop! Overall i think that i it was good and bad. By Zeeshan Iqbal
a doctor attending to a roman solidiers wounds. Most army forts had hospitals attached. Sometimes the soldiers worked in the hospitals themselves when they weren't fighting or training.
soldiers could get letters and parcels from home
Bad points
most of us grow old with our bodies full of wounds.we are sent to soaking swamps and mountin waste we get flogged (whipped)the winters are harsh and there are los of en we are bored.
I think that there are good and bad things about being a roman. some of the good things are entertainment and food some of the bad things are punishment and work.The reason people liked entertainment was because of the colleseum it was was a famous place where people would go and watch fights and things. there was lots of nice food you could eat but alot of the time you would would have to be rich to get nice food all the time. one of the bad things about living in Rome was punishment the worst punishment you could probably get was death like if you were poor and you were desparet they would theif food from the market and you could get killed.ork was another bad thing was work sometimes you would have to work all day and all night and wouldnt get alot of money like we do today. over all it wouldnt be that bad living in Roman times but id rather live in our century. By Natalie Taylor
Beeing in the Roman army is good in someways but bad in other ways.
It was good because a doctor atended to a roman soldiors woonds. They got lots of money but they lost lots of it to pay for there acomidation,cloths and food.
It was good because everybody feared the army but that made the other armys more hungry for roman blood. Soulders could also have other jobs like a plasterer or they could work in the hospitals. The battles are agsilorating but very very dangorous. Over all it is a goodish life.
Beeing in the Roman army is good in someways but bad in other ways.
It was good because a doctor atended to a roman soldiors woonds. They got lots of money but they lost lots of it to pay for there acomidation,cloths and food.
It was good because everybody feared the army but that made the other armys more hungry for roman blood. Soulders could also have other jobs like a plasterer or they could work in the hospitals. The battles are agsilorating but very very dangorous. Over all it is a goodish life.
The Roman might of liked to be soilders becase of the amount of money which they got.they got food when they wonted it like; meat pork,ham,poultry and fish.
The Romans might of not like to be soilders because they had to work for 25 years and when the don't have towork they have lots of wounds.
Anmol
I think being a soilder at that time would be good because you have a job and more money than others.
I think that their a good and bad resons for a roman to be in the army because:they got payed money ,also they have pride in their selves when the won a battle.When the soldiers left the army they were given a pension.They were also given some land were they could grow crops or maybe sell the crops to earn a bit more money.Also whenn they left the army they didn,t have to pay taxies any more.When a soilder was hurt say they had a injurey on their leg there would be a doctor for them to attened to the soilders wounds.The soilders were aloud to get letters or parcels from home if they were sent.The soilders had to carry lots of equipment around with them on long marches.over all i think tey were advanches and disadvanches and i dont know wich.by blue gibson .
Being in the Roman army can be good in someways,but in other ways it can be bad.
It is good because after 25 years you can leave the army and get your bills paid for,as-well-as a piece of land. Another good point is that they got paid 75 denari every 4 months.
It is bad because you have to pay for lots of expencies such as; Bedding, rations,Boots and tents. Another bad point is thatwhile on a march a soilder only brings 3 days worth of food.A march can last a long time.
"Was it good to be a Roman soldier?" it would be bad to be a roman soldier because on marches if soldiers began to go out of line they would be whipped and savegly beaten.The threat of the invading barbarians who killed anyone they saw including women and children.also most roman men where forced to join the army when the barbarians where under the command.the finest leader they had ever seen Atella the Hun.Another problem being a Roman Soilder is that most of your pay was deducted.
Despit of the bad thins of being a roman soldier was that you would get enouch respect.
I think that it was mostly bad to live in the roman army because all of the downsides.
i think it would be good and bad to be a Roman Soldier this is because you would gain a lot of respect, get paid a lot and get a pension when you retire from the Army, but you would also risk your life and not get very nice food.
hello i am a roman soldier i think being a soldier is very terrible because i have to stay away from my family and i am not aloud to get married. i also get seriosly injured, many of my friends have got killed in battle.we also have to learn extra things like road building and carpentry. We also have to carry heavy equiptment. Even though we get paid quite alot, most of the money gets taken off of me
However i like being a soldier because people respect me and think that i am important. I also get loads of parcels and letteers from my family. As well as that, when i retire i get a pension and a peice of land, i don't have to pay taxes anymore.
Over all i hate my job because i have to do loads of training and sometimes get seriously injured i wish i had an easy job.It would be good to be a roman soldier because you would be well respected by lots of people and you would be able to save your country by helping to fight in the roman army,I dont thinnk it was good to live in the army because alot of other people didnt like you and wanted you dead.Plus you couldnt have a relationship or get married.In training you had to use swords and sheilds twice the weight as the ones in battle,Some times it could of been good because you got alot of respect from the people of Rome.Most of the time you weren't in battle you were training so you were pritty fit.
24 comments:
Advantage
it would be good to be a roman soldier because you would be well respected by lots of people and you would be able to save your country by helping to fight in the roman army.
I dont thinnk it was good to live in the army because alot of other people didnt like you and wanted you dead.Plus you couldnt have a relationship or get married.In training you had to use swords and sheilds twice the weight as the ones in battle!!
Some times it could of been good because you got alot of respect from the people of Rome.Most of the time you weren't in battle you were training so you were pritty fit.
I think being aroman soilder wasn't so good because alot of people wanted you dead and it was hard work.
hello i am a roman soldier i think being a soldier is very terrible because i have to stay away from my family and i am not aloud to get married. i also get seriosly injured, many of my friends have got killed in battle.we also have to learn extra things like road building and carpentry. We also have to carry heavy equiptment. Even though we get paid quite alot, most of the money gets taken off of me
However i like being a soldier because people respect me and think that i am important. I also get loads of parcels and letteers from my family. As well as that, when i retire i get a pension and a peice of land, i don't have to pay taxes anymore.
Over all i hate my job because i have to do loads of training and sometimes get seriously injured i wish i had an easy job.
By Gursharonpal
Advantage
It would be good to be a roman soldier because you would be respected by lots of people and you would be able to save your country by helping to fight in the roman army.
Soldiers could also do jobs like making shoes, being a plasterer or working in the army hospital when they weren’t fighting.They could save some money every month from their payments.When soldiers left the army they were given a pension and a piece of land.
They didn’t have to pay taxes any more.Soldiers could get letters and parcels from home from their familys.
Kasim Aziz 7A
HELLO i'm a roman soldier and i have some things to tell you.
Good things about being a roman soldier are:
That you could ger letters and parcels from home.
When we went on journeys we had enough food to last us 3day's.
if you didn't want to be a soldier that day you could do a different job eg: making shoes.( that was only if there was peace)
The bad thing's about being a roman soldier are:
You could die wilst having a battle.
We had to carry lots of equipment with us when we went on marches.
We would practice with swords and shields double the weight of normal ones!
Overall, i think it's hard being a roman soldier and i didn't qiite like being one.
I recomend that if you want to be a soldier you have a good brain and say NO AS BEING A ROMAN SOLIDER.
By sarah 7A
THAT'S THE END OF MY STORY!
BYE!
First of all the good pints are they were armed well and had lots of weapons to use from differnt distances. They were respected well by the public. It was a chance for them to show off there bravery.
On the other hand, the bad points about being a Roman soldier were, their got payed 75 denails, but they were had to pay nearly half of thier money. They coludn't get married, so they couldn't show they love to everyone. Also, that meant they had hardly no freedom.
Over all i think even that being a roman soldier had some advantages and disadvantages so I think some romans might have liked and it and some might not.
By Adeena and amy and siobhan
hi im a roman soldier comments on good and bad things on being a soldier-
The good thing about being a roman soldier is the costume is pretty much good and when soldiers left the army they were given a pension [AND A PIECE OF LAND]they didnt have to pay taxes any more.and the other thing is they could recieve letters and parcels through post.
BAD THING:
HELLO AGAIN TELLING YOU ABOUT BAD THINS
theb bad thing is beig a soldier is when a group of soldiers would lose a battle, one Emperor ordered every tenth man should be executed!! The rest would get their rations (food cut)roman solldiers vwere not allowed to get married even if they were madly in love.They would have children with the women in the town they were staying.(good)
That is the end
of my story
FARRAH 7A
Hiya Mr. Titmas! Here's my views:
One reason why Roman soldiers might have had a good life is because they got respect by other people. This is because they were higher up the Roman Empire.
Another reason why Roman soldier might have had a good life is because when they left the army they were given a pension and a piece of land. Also, they didn't have to pay taxes any more.
One reason why Roman soldier might not enjoy thier life is because they got most of their money taken off of them. Although they got 76 denarii, they got 46 denarii taken off of them.
Another reason why Roman soldiers might not have a good life is because if they lost a battle one Emperor would execute every 10th man!
Thanks for listening to my views!
by Luke and Hamza
I think it woulden't be that good being a Roman soldier because there is a chance that you will get killed. Also you get paid a fair amount of money but around half of it is taken away to pay for your food, beds and cloths. Also i pesonally would not find it amusing to kill people. like what if your brother was in the army you were fighting and you had to kill him? Also when they were pracising with swords and shields they would weigh twice the weight of the normal ones. They were not aloud a relationship either wich i think would be quite unfair.
But other peoople might think it would be good working for the army because people would respect you because you are serving there country and protecting them. You also get paid more money than if you wasn't working at all. Also when they left the army you got paid a pension and a piece of land and you didn't have to pay taxes ant more. While they were working for the army they were aloud to send and recieve letters and parcels.luckily they had a docter working for the army so whenever they had a wound it could be treated streight away.
But as a conclusion i think that i would prefer not to work in the Roman army because i would rather not get killed .Also there would be a few other jobs where i would be more comfortuble and i could have a relationship or a family.
by katie maud 7A
DISADVANTGES!!!
I think it is a bad idea of being a roman soldier because they might die and they might not see they family ever again. And they might not have liked the food. When they came back from the war they got a little pension and a little piece of land.
And when they came back they got some of it taken of them for the food and the clothes.
And another good thing wasthat they got paid 75 denaris after evey four months. Solidiers had to carry loads of stuff with them so it was really heavy and they had to carry it a wherey long way.
ADVANTAGES!!!
Solidiers could be shoe makers and plasters or even people who work in the armyt hspital. And the bad thing is that they got 46 denaris taken of them for the food and the clothing.
The good thing is they were givin a pension and a little piece of land so they could build a little crops or a house and a way of making money and sellin crops or making they own stall or shop!
Overall i think that i it was good and bad. By Zeeshan Iqbal
good points
a doctor attending to a roman solidiers wounds. Most army forts had hospitals attached. Sometimes the soldiers worked in the hospitals themselves when they weren't fighting or training.
soldiers could get letters and parcels from home
Bad points
most of us grow old with our bodies full of wounds.we are sent to soaking swamps and mountin waste we get flogged (whipped)the winters are harsh and there are los of en we are bored.
by hayley 'N' connor
I think that there are good and bad things about being a roman.
some of the good things are entertainment and food some of the bad things are punishment and work.The reason people liked entertainment was because of the colleseum it was was a famous place where people would go and watch fights and things. there was lots of nice food you could eat but alot of the time you would would have to be rich to get nice food all the time. one of the bad things about living in Rome was punishment the worst punishment you could probably get was death like if you were poor and you were desparet they would theif food from the market and you could get killed.ork was another bad thing was work sometimes you would have to work all day and all night and wouldnt get alot of money like we do today. over all it wouldnt be that bad living in Roman times but id rather live in our century.
By Natalie Taylor
Beeing in the Roman army is good in someways but bad in other ways.
It was good because a doctor atended to a roman soldiors woonds. They got lots of money but they lost lots of it to pay for there acomidation,cloths and food.
It was good because everybody feared the army but that made the other armys more hungry for roman blood. Soulders could also have other jobs like a plasterer or they could work in the hospitals. The battles are agsilorating but very very dangorous. Over all it is a goodish life.
By jack bentley and danny guy
Beeing in the Roman army is good in someways but bad in other ways.
It was good because a doctor atended to a roman soldiors woonds. They got lots of money but they lost lots of it to pay for there acomidation,cloths and food.
It was good because everybody feared the army but that made the other armys more hungry for roman blood. Soulders could also have other jobs like a plasterer or they could work in the hospitals. The battles are agsilorating but very very dangorous. Over all it is a goodish life.
By jack bentley and danny guy
The Roman might of liked to be soilders becase of the amount of money which they got.they got food when they wonted it like; meat pork,ham,poultry and fish.
The Romans might of not like to be soilders because they had to work for 25 years and when the don't have towork they have lots of wounds.
Anmol
I think being a soilder at that time would be good because you have a job and more money than others.
I think that their a good and bad resons for a roman to be in the army because:they got payed money ,also they have pride in their selves when the won a battle.When the soldiers left the army they were given a pension.They were also given some land were they could grow crops or maybe sell the crops to earn a bit more money.Also whenn they left the army they didn,t have to pay taxies any more.When a soilder was hurt say they had a injurey on their leg there would be a doctor for them to attened to the soilders wounds.The soilders were aloud to get letters or parcels from home if they were sent.The soilders had to carry lots of equipment around with them on long marches.over all i think tey were advanches and disadvanches and i dont know wich.by blue gibson .
Being in the Roman army can be good in someways,but in other ways it can be bad.
It is good because after 25 years you can leave the army and get your bills paid for,as-well-as a piece of land. Another good point is that they got paid 75 denari every 4 months.
It is bad because you have to pay for lots of expencies such as; Bedding, rations,Boots and tents. Another bad point is thatwhile on a march a soilder only brings 3 days worth of food.A march can last a long time.
By Rae Coppola 7A
"Was it good to be a Roman soldier?"
it would be bad to be a roman soldier because on marches if soldiers began to go out of line they would be whipped and savegly beaten.The threat of the invading barbarians who killed anyone they saw including women and children.also most roman men where forced to join the army when the barbarians where under the command.the finest leader they had ever seen Atella the Hun.Another problem being a Roman Soilder is that most of your pay was deducted.
Despit of the bad thins of being a roman soldier was that you would get enouch respect.
I think that it was mostly bad to live in the roman army because all of the downsides.
William and Haris
It is good if you are are in the army because a docter will come and you will get money if you are
in the army.
it is bad because you will get killed as well as that if there are camp folowors the army will die.
saqib
It is good if you are are in the army because a docter will come and you will get money if you are
in the army.
it is bad because you will get killed as well as that if there are camp folowors the army will die.
saqib
i think it would be good and bad to be a Roman Soldier this is because you would gain a lot of respect, get paid a lot and get a pension when you retire from the Army, but you would also risk your life and not get very nice food.
hello i am a roman soldier i think being a soldier is very terrible because i have to stay away from my family and i am not aloud to get married. i also get seriosly injured, many of my friends have got killed in battle.we also have to learn extra things like road building and carpentry. We also have to carry heavy equiptment. Even though we get paid quite alot, most of the money gets taken off of me
However i like being a soldier because people respect me and think that i am important. I also get loads of parcels and letteers from my family. As well as that, when i retire i get a pension and a peice of land, i don't have to pay taxes anymore.
Over all i hate my job because i have to do loads of training and sometimes get seriously injured i wish i had an easy job.It would be good to be a roman soldier because you would be well respected by lots of people and you would be able to save your country by helping to fight in the roman army,I dont thinnk it was good to live in the army because alot of other people didnt like you and wanted you dead.Plus you couldnt have a relationship or get married.In training you had to use swords and sheilds twice the weight as the ones in battle,Some times it could of been good because you got alot of respect from the people of Rome.Most of the time you weren't in battle you were training so you were pritty fit.
DISADVANTAGE!!!
Soldiers were often gay as they were not aloud to marry.
Well it depends, do they let pet lizzards into the roman army?
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