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To: FourtySeven
This guy would've been huge for that time. I think the average height for a male of that time was like 5'3"-5'5" something like that.

Perhaps, but let's not forget that the minimum height for a Roman soldier at that time was about 5'10"... This guy wouldn't have been that much bigger than your average Roman legionnaire.
31 posted on 07/31/2002 11:01:34 AM PDT by Antoninus
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To: Antoninus; FourtySeven
Perhaps, but let's not forget that the minimum height for a Roman soldier at that time was about 5'10"...

IIRC, 5'10" was the minimum height for Roman cavalrymen, who were considered elite troops, but the minimum for your standard-issue legionnaire was around 5'5". Since we're suddenly so picky about it ;)

33 posted on 07/31/2002 11:15:10 AM PDT by general_re
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