How tall roman soldier

Cord www. Robert Vermaat Decurio Speculatorum. Posts: 15, Threads: Joined: Mar Reputation: Quote: There is no way to be sure about build. I fully agree with Sean. After all, we do not have suffficient data about the Roman soldier from c. It's a good question but it's impossible to answer it with any scientific credibility. Gaius Julius Caesar Legatus Legionis [may request custom title]. Posts: 13, Threads: Joined: May Reputation: 1.

If you are limiting the question to solely Latins and perhaps Greeks Of course, there is no bias to my opinion, whatsoever.. Visne partem mei capere?

Comminus agamus! Overconfidence is too much of a good thing. Vengence will be ours! Yes, I was limiting it to only soldiers from Rome or Italy, I agree also that we cant fully know how they were built and soo on, but in my mind a full-blooded Roman soldier from Italy would be about Jet Li's size and height, Jet Li is a martial artist and actor if anyone doesn't know who he is, he's roughly 5 foot 7 and pounds.

Demetrius Legatus Legionis [may request custom title]. Posts: 7, Threads: Joined: Apr Reputation: 0. Vegetius mentioned that 5' 10" or 70" was the ideal height for a soldier, which yields My guess is that the physique Jet Li has is not the same as that of a man who regularly walked as much as 20 miles on a typical war day, with upwards of lbs of gear and armor.

They felled trees to build various things, and managed to work long shifts, do some pretty amazing feats of engineering using all hand tools. I would venture they'd be bulkier like a laborer. But that's just my own idealistic mental image. There would be some variations, just as in the modern military. Some lighter, some heavier, some taller, some shorter, but all pretty darned tough. That may be a flawed idea, but still, the math is sound. Demetrius Abicio David Wills Saepe veritas est dura.

I would say that fits my mental image too Dave. Looking at some of the reliefs, they are portrayed as fairly robust! Doc Primus Pilus. Posts: 1, Threads: Joined: Feb Reputation: 1. I agree with Sean and Robert that it is impossible to tell with absolute certainty. However, from what we know about the lives of legionaries, I think that what Dave described could be spot on.

Those men did not look like underwear models or Arnold body builders BUT they were fit and strong. The height I agree would vary. As an example, I am from Southern Italy. The average height amongst the males in my family from Southern Italy is between 5' 2" and 5' 7". However, one of my my uncles and I are 6'.

I also have family in Rome where my uncle, his male children, and his brothers, are all between 5'9" and 6'2". I am not saying that my family is living proof of the Roman era. However, being all Italians from those regions it is not unreasonable evidence. Quote: I am not saying that my family is living proof of the Roman era. The same logic I use, more so for the Greeks! However, as their empire expanded into territories with colder climates, soldiers were allowed to wear leather, skin-tight trousers.

Roman Soldiers Ate and Perhaps Drank Mostly Grain Their diet was mostly grain: wheat, barley, and oats, mainly, but also spelt and rye. Just as Roman soldiers were supposed to dislike meat, so too they were supposed to detest beer; considering it far inferior to their native Roman wine.

A Full Pace march for a Roman Legionary in basic training required a march in daylight hours of 22 miles. Clearly it is entirely possible a Roman Legion could march miles per day if needed. How tall did you have to be to join the Roman army?

Category: style and fashion womens shoes and footwear. Imperial regulations, though not entirely unambiguous, suggest that the minimum height for new recruits was five Roman feet, seven inches cm.

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Active 3 months ago. Viewed k times. Improve this question. Rather than records, the actual skeletal remains of Romans would probably be more telling. But that's anthropology, not history. FYI, it's not particularly different from modern Italians until the last couple of generations, who are now taller - AFAIK about cm for women and cm for men. Semaphore no reason not to consider in-topic anthropology, it's not like it's going to get its SE site anyway… — o0'. I'd guess the house settled over time, myself.

Once when visiting a tall ship sailing , the same thing was stated by the tour guides Show 1 more comment. Active Oldest Votes. A study of the remains left by their unfortunate Roman residents tell us that: The major samples from Herculaneum and Pompeii reveal the stature of the ancient adult body. Soldiers probably would have been higher than civilians in general, though the results do seems generally in line with the skeletal remains: Imperial regulations, though not entirely unambiguous, suggest that the minimum height for new recruits was five Roman feet, seven inches cm.

Improve this answer. The WHO has recommendations about how tall people should be?!? DavidRicherby expected heights fall out of maintaining enough nourishment prior to adulthood to prevent stunted growth. DavidRicherby: And that pinball wizard needed the extra inches to play such a mean game.

Semaphore It's old stuff, but i feel urged to point out: Body height length of long bones is a variable, depending on nutrition. An average can hardly be given for a long lasting and geographically widepsread conglomerate of peoples like "Romans". As such, the answer is inexact because it draws a general conclusion from a single sample which is correct only in its context.

The picture will variy greatly. Nonetheless, the available evidence allows us to offer a rough estimation. Add a comment. References to sources would improve this answer. Follow, you seem to voice misconceptions on the differences between vegetarian and carnivore diets.