What Happened to Injured Roman Soldiers Who Couldn’t Fight?

A broken ankle on the Danube could mean a farm and Roman citizenship, or disgrace and nothing. What decided? We follow an injured Roman soldier from the valetudinarium hospital at Novae and Vindolanda tablets to the tribunal and the missio causaria, the honorable medical discharge, using military diplomas, papyri from Egypt, tombstones from Apulum and Lambaesis, and sources including Tacitus, Cassius Dio, Pliny the Elder, Vegetius, and Roman law in the Digest of Justinian. What happened after he couldn't fight? The answer is in the paperwork. #RomanHistory #AncientRome #RomanArmy #RomanLegion #RomanEmpire