> Once you reached 20, your life expectancy was a bit lower than today, but it was common for people to reach 60. If you were a man. If you were a woman, there

> Once you reached 20, your life expectancy was a bit lower than today, but it was common for people to reach 60. If you were a man. If you were a woman, there was still the high risk of maternal mortality. Add to that the large number of births, and a significant amount of women died during pregnancy/birth/post-birth.