I mean, they were men, which makes a big difference. But still.

A little magic: flex your foot and find the highest point of the muscle that pops up below and to the outside of your knee. Now relax your foot and a little depression should happen in that same spot. That is ST-36, or translated directly as Foot Three Miles, supposedly called that because Chinese s...

They were incentivized by raping and pillaging—so apples to oranges.

To be fair, they probably walked everywhere and very far (it was an empire, after all). They typically retired in their 40s (meaning the bulk of that was probably as young, healthy, well fed men - they got better healthcare and nutrition for being soldiers) And the average lifespan of a roman man w...

Now dig a trench on the Western Front

"Romans fueled on meat and animal fat, not grains or seeds."