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I think also they were very much more in touch with their own mortality than is common today.
by beardyw 2y ago
I think also they were very much more in touch with their own mortality than is common today.
- tejohnso 2y ago> In some accounts of the Roman triumph, a companion or public slave would stand behind or near the triumphant general during the procession and remind him from time to time of his own mortality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_mori https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_mori
- pjmlp 2y agoOther thing would not be expected in a war driven society, where being a legionary was quite common, and very few managed to return back (alive) to civil life after doing their part on the assigned legion.