Look, I put a cute topic icon. I'm awesome.
*Ahem*
So, I was wondering. Battles lasted hours. Marching, even more. Sieges, hell. Sea faring, quite easy to figure out.
-Where did everyone piss? I mean, in battle, where your clothes were stained in blood, sweat and bowels; did it even matter if you pissed yourself? What about the back ranks? What about when you were marching? Did you have to run to the nearest bush and then back into formation?
-When and from where did you drink in the middle of battle (assuming you're in the front lines)? It's easy to figure out on the other situations, but auxiliares in the front lines with small goat stomachs containing water is a very dumb way to lose men. Though there's the possibility you would be dead even before you were thirsty.
-When were the wounded soldiers (that were not killed by the enemy) carried away from battle? Say you're shot with a javelin to the omoplatos (scapula, for the latins), and you can't move, but you're in the middle of your crazed fellowmen. What do you do? Well, if you don't get trampled, of course. Will you stay there till you bleed out or till the battle is over (whichever one is quicker)?
I am certain there's no information about these little details. But it's fun if we all grasp hands and think about it.
~Jirisys ()
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