Click on each excerpt below to read this first-hand account by Polybius concerning what it was like to be a Roman soldier and encounter the rigors of life in a legion encampment. Now, imagine that you are a 15 year old boy who is trying to survive in this environment of organized chaos. As you click on each excerpt, write a few sentences about how you would be personally affected by what you saw, read, or heard.

Read more about Rome at the End of the Punic Wars from the Ancient History Sourcebook.