Comment by beardyw
I think also they were very much more in touch with their own mortality than is common today.
I think also they were very much more in touch with their own mortality than is common today.
> In some accounts of the Roman triumph, a companion or public slave would stand behind or near the triumphant general during the procession and remind him from time to time of his own mortality
Other thing would not be expected in a war driven society, where being a legionary was quite common, and very few managed to return back (alive) to civil life after doing their part on the assigned legion.