Pack of 8 figures (four different poses)
All our figures do not contain lead and are sold unpainted!
 
Following the reforms of Marius, Legionaries were expected to carry much of their rations and equipment themselves. This was done to reduce the size of the baggage train and increase the mobility of the army by allowing the soldiers to move strategically (i.e. quickly) independently of the train. Such was the load of the soldiers that they became known as Marius' Mules. The appearance of the marching pack (called "sarcina") is known from illustrations on Trajan's Column. A legionary's sarcina was carried on a state-issued pole called a furca and would have included among the rest a loculus (a satchel) with personal onjects, a cloak, cooking pot, patera (mess tin), a net with fresh food to complement his rations, and of course all his weapons and armour, including the shield which was carried in a protective leather cover (tegimen).