flesh-rations

Updated: June 19, 2025

The slender stores of the Boii were soon used up; the supply promised by the Haedui failed to appear; the corn was already consumed, and the soldier was placed exclusively on flesh-rations. But the moment was approaching when the town, with whatever contempt of death the garrison fought, could be held no longer.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

The slender stores of the Boii were soon used up; the supply promised by the Haedui failed to appear; the corn was already consumed, and the soldier was placed exclusively on flesh-rations. But the moment was approaching when the town, with whatever contempt of death the garrison fought, could be held no longer.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book V : The Establishment of the Military Monarchy