Fun part is how organized the Roman Legions were about foraging, and how equipped they were for it - sickles were amongst the tools a legionary unit-of-eight had to carry. You could be a farmboy and end up literally cutting wheat in a field to keep the army supplied after you joined the Legions. I imagine some pretty thick cursing was involved in those occasions!
But you get to do it in exotic locations now.
Fun part is how organized the Roman Legions were about foraging, and how equipped they were for it - sickles were amongst the tools a legionary unit-of-eight had to carry. You could be a farmboy and end up literally cutting wheat in a field to keep the army supplied after you joined the Legions. I imagine some pretty thick cursing was involved in those occasions!