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| Question:
What skills did Roman soldiers learn, apart from military ones? |
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| Bow saw |
| Soldiers would have needed engineering skills to help them build forts and roads. This is a bow saw, which was an essential part of the soldier’s equipment. It would have been used to cut wood. |
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| Pickaxe |
| This is an iron pickaxe known as a dolabrum, used by soldiers for making roads and camps. A small bronze sheath may have protected the wider sharp edge. |
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| Plumb Weight |
| A cast bronze weight that could have been used by the military for weighing food or other supplies. It could also have been used for checking measurements in the engineering of roads or buildings. |
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