Roman Legionnaries were vegetarians... riiiiight......

Yep! Here we go again! Following in the footsteps of gladiators being vegan, now the Roman legions were vegetarian. Apparently, if you touch a brassica then it becomes impossible for you to have ever eaten a pork sausage.

Cassandra was in rather bad temper because the general idea that a highly organized mob of cutthroats who enjoyed watching some gladiators butchering each others like the next Publius were going to abstain from killing animals for food out of the goodness of their hearts was reaaaally testing her faith in Mankind. Interesting factoid: if you are suffering from gut inflammation spending a couple of months in a carnivore diet will help reset your gut... Just saying.

Article on whether legionnaries ate meat https://www.thoughtco.com/did-roman-soldiers-eat-meat-120634

The original article from 1971 where it is explained that YES, they ate meat. https://sci-hub.tw/10.2307/525803

The reference to a sacrifice and meat feast in the Illiad (1898). "Book 1 (428–450)". The Iliad. Translated by Butler, Samuel. pp. 12–13. The link to wikipedia is here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecatomb#cite_note-4

Reference to cooking in ancient Rome. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Roman_cuisine

Reference to food in the Roman Army. https://romanmilitary.net/people/food/

Reference to how the twisting of evidence to push "legion vegetarianism" may have started. https://www.unrv.com/forum/topic/8587-were-legionaries-vegetarians/