05-01-2008, 04:20 PM
Couple things to consider.
1. Romans lived in a much more violent society. What shocks us today is much less shocking to them.
2. Roman legionaires were in for much longer than most soldiers are today. So having to deal with the stress of fitting back into normal society was much less common which is also a major source of stress.
Overall I think you would have seen it less and when you did it would be from the survivors of units that were totally crushed in battle and saw all of their comrades die.
1. Romans lived in a much more violent society. What shocks us today is much less shocking to them.
2. Roman legionaires were in for much longer than most soldiers are today. So having to deal with the stress of fitting back into normal society was much less common which is also a major source of stress.
Overall I think you would have seen it less and when you did it would be from the survivors of units that were totally crushed in battle and saw all of their comrades die.
Timothy Hanna
