Diet and Nutrition in the Roman Republican Army

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Diet and Nutrition in the Roman Republican Army

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The Romans seem to have recognized, from an early period, the importance of good nutrition for successful warfare. Throughout the Republic, and despite the massive changes which Roman society and the Roman state underwent between 509 and 31 BCE, Rome’s armies were generally well-supplied with a military diet which remained remarkably stable over the centuries. Based primarily on grain (consumed as puls or bread), supplemented with lentils, vegetables, some meat, and wine, dinner for a Roman s...

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2023-11-24

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Armstrong, Jeremy

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https://hdl.handle.net/2292/67019

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