... posting to Hadrian's Wall would be a hard one. A Roman soldiers day would start early with inspection, parade duties, physical training, as well as any other extra duties such as cleaning the latrines, sweeping the camp, guarding the principia, the granary and the gateway. Much like today's modern military a Roman soldier had to clean their own kit, weapons and armour, collect both fuel for the fire and food for the animals. The only way to get out of the monotony of normal fort life was to be out on patrol duty, escorting someone somewhere or being assigned to a party going out for supplies. One tablet from Vindolanda (Chesterholm) that is particularly useful in understanding the duties and life of the typical soldier is tablet 154, a strength report of cohors I Tungrorum from Vercovicium. "18 May, net number of the First Cohort of Tungrians ... 752, including centurions ...

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