paints a legend from the Trojan Wars.
The contubernium was the smallest organized unit of soldiers in the Roman Army and was comprised of eight legionaries, comparable to the modern squad, known as an octet. Two "servants" (actually comparable to modern support troops) were assigned to each octet. They were responsible for the care of the octet's pack mule, making sure the legionaries had water during the march, and often had special skills like blacksmithing or carpentry. Ten contubernia were grouped into a centuria. Soldiers of a contubernium shared a tent, and were rewarded or punished together.
We have already been producing a 15mm model of this tent for a few years now - this is the 28mm version of the standard legionary camp tent. It is based on the latest research and interpretation of historical sources. It's accurately sized according to the sources, that basically all agree it was 10 by 10 roman feet, and 5 feet tall. In a legionary camp, there would be several hundred tents like this, as well as larger ones for the centurions, and even bigger yet for the general's HQ, each military Tribune and each Prefect.
All our resin models are made of safe and durable PU, not the fragile and smelly stuff that was common until recently!
This model will be available in two weeks or less. It weights 60gr, and retails for €9.50 EUR.
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