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I decided to start this as a seperate thread to not hijack the hook thread, as several good pieces have been posted and alot of good info is in there. What is known about foragers and hunters? I'm assuming that legions would have had people attached to fill this function , considering that a legion required a ton of food. What is out there in terms of evidence for them? Images, artifacts, mentioning in accounts, I read through Herodtus but came up blank, havn't gotten to read through Caesars writings yet.
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Well, the search funtion of RAT should give you various topics on hunters. Make sure you choose the right time-frame to search in (1 year by default).
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In Graham Watson's book The Roman Army on page 119 he lists the 'Immunes' of the legion ncluding 'venatores' or hunters. Evidently there were no attached hunters rather they were soldiers detailed to hunt game for food and were excused from fatigue details (like all other immunes.
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So they were legionary soldiers, just that they hunted and foraged when they weren't fighting or marching? So I guess the standard armor and gear as soldier, and addtional gear for hunting and fishing?