06-04-2011, 03:18 AM
I don't buy into the whole "people were smaller back then", we have several soldier skeletons to tell us that the Romans were not that much smaller than we are today. The Herculaneum soldier was 5'7" I believe. Julius Caesar was 5'7" though some reports have him labeled as taller, Augustus was considered short and still was probably only 5'5".
Marius even stated that the minimum height of a soldier should be 5'10" (in Roman feet mind you), and this rule was most likely rarely followed).
Even if they were "shorter" that does by no means establishes they had hands any smaller than someone today who is "shorter" as well
Marius even stated that the minimum height of a soldier should be 5'10" (in Roman feet mind you), and this rule was most likely rarely followed).
Even if they were "shorter" that does by no means establishes they had hands any smaller than someone today who is "shorter" as well
Quintus Furius Collatinus
-Matt
-Matt
