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Yeah, that's not far from today's 50th percentile height in the US Army, which is 175.5cm. Our Ancient Greek would be in the second percentile. This has serio
by A_D_E_P_T 2y ago
Yeah, that's not far from today's 50th percentile height in the US Army, which is 175.5cm.
Our Ancient Greek would be in the second percentile. This has serious implications for hand breadth and how they might use a sword with a grip not far from 3" long.
See: https://ibb.co/LRhMbVW https://ibb.co/LRhMbVW
(From "2012 Anthropometric Survey of US Army Personnel")