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Greenhead Roman Army Museum
If you want to find out about life in the Roman Army on
Hadrian's Wall then you would visit the Roman Army Museum at Greenhead.
Did you know ?
A soldier joined the army for 25 years
Soldiers were not allowed to marry but kept an unofficial family in the vicus outside the fort walls
Money would be kept back from a soldier's pay to provide for savings, his uniform, food and the burial club
Auxiliary soldiers were recruited from conquered lands
When training soldiers marched 30k a week, drilled once or twice a day and were taught to swim, ride and throw stones with a sling
There were 15, 000 soldiers stationed on the Wall
Almost all of the history of the Wall is one of peace
The Wall was only overrun 3 times in its history
Bath houses for soldiers were normally built outside fort walls because of the risk of fire (fires were used to heat the water in the baths)
Soldiers would be fined for losing or damaging equipment
The soldiers lived in cramped conditions, 8 men to each barrack-room
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