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It is actually quite fascinating.
Storing grains in bin could take up 30% additional space.
While storing them in sacks only 15% additional space.
And two sacks (around 70kg together) could theoretically feed a cohort (80 men) for a day.

Eating while standing was a punishment for soldiers as...
Slaves and servants ate sitting down.
While well to do Romans ate in a reclined position.

During Aelius Gallus’s expedition to Arabia, the Romans were reduced to eating butter instead of olive oil, which was considered a hardship.