Age of recruits in the Roman Army

[hansvl]

For this topic it might be interesting to read this article:
W. Scheidel: lnschriftenstatistik und die Frage des Rekrutierungsalters romischer Soldaten, Chiron 22, 1992, 281-297.

I haven't read it (yet), so I don't know his conclusions.

Greets,

Hans