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Once they reached retirement age, were they better off retiring or continuing to work?

I’ve read that the average life expectancy for ancient Romans was 35 years. If Roman soldiers were held to serve the army for 25 years, then for most soldiers that meant until they died.

I read somewhere sometime that if they made it to retirement they would be allocated land to settle with a family. One way to build up the Roman population near camps and forts.

Let’s ask Mr. Owl.

Could they invest in a CDI-k?

Thanks. Very interesting.

The estimate from the video was that about half survived until retirement (25 years of service). I’d be curious what most of them did afterwards.

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Probably better than their opponents ... but they didn’t have the FDA, CDC and Fauci to hasten their deaths through vax campaigns.

“ how likely were they to survive to retirement?”

Many will be casting ballots in Georgia for Rev Warnock in December

General Patton was there back then. Maybe he told someone. /s

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l7ER08F9rGo

If they were in Varus’s legion they didn’t need to worry about retirement.

Did they invest in a CDI(k) plan?

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