### id283954025 Roman infrastructure investment declined in the third century > Second, among rank-and-file soldiers, it was increasingly harder to pay for the construction or repair of buildings when the value of a soldier’s pay was significantly reduced and the smaller size of garrisons made group efforts to fund building projects more difficult. Although commanding officers probably still had the means to invest in such projects, they chose not to do so, possibly because of the general decline in public munificence during the third century. Third, the central rituals of the army (sacrifices, oaths, and festivals) never required a temple, thus such structures were not intrinsic to the religious behavior expected of members of the military community. - [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01fvbbbtf82ys8vq7p1mxyapvd) - [[Military Communities and Temple Patronage by David Walsh#id283954025 Roman infrastructure investment declined in the third century|View in Vault]]