04-28-2008, 03:54 PM
I have not seen or heard of anything mentioned in writing.
That said, I would bet that some legionaries and auxilia did suffer some amount of pysoclogical trauma.
While society back say in the 1st Century may have had different cultural values on the value of human life and behaviour/expections of combat, one aspect that has not changed is fear and stress that is placed on the individual soldier.
Fear for one's own life and failure to perform can place a tremdous amout of stress on a person; some handle it better than others but it effects every one in contact. Seeing your comrades get chewed up, shattered, broken, burned, or die in very brutal, painful ways can/will have an efffect on you. Trust me.
Discipline, courage, experience, and fear of letting your comrades/superiors down help to control this, but it is still present.
The human body and mind has not evolved or changed very much in 2000 years; cultural and values have. Well at least what the "medical folks" say.
I am sure they were effected by some sort of PTSD as well as Traumatic Brain Injuries from blows to the head, but cultural values of the period, lack of continued daily combat, and the close knit society of the Roman Army more than likley helped these soldiers to cope and heal.
V/r
Mike
That said, I would bet that some legionaries and auxilia did suffer some amount of pysoclogical trauma.
While society back say in the 1st Century may have had different cultural values on the value of human life and behaviour/expections of combat, one aspect that has not changed is fear and stress that is placed on the individual soldier.
Fear for one's own life and failure to perform can place a tremdous amout of stress on a person; some handle it better than others but it effects every one in contact. Seeing your comrades get chewed up, shattered, broken, burned, or die in very brutal, painful ways can/will have an efffect on you. Trust me.
Discipline, courage, experience, and fear of letting your comrades/superiors down help to control this, but it is still present.
The human body and mind has not evolved or changed very much in 2000 years; cultural and values have. Well at least what the "medical folks" say.
I am sure they were effected by some sort of PTSD as well as Traumatic Brain Injuries from blows to the head, but cultural values of the period, lack of continued daily combat, and the close knit society of the Roman Army more than likley helped these soldiers to cope and heal.
V/r
Mike
Mike Daniels
a.k.a
Titus Minicius Parthicus
Legio VI FFC.
If not me...who?
If not now...when?
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a.k.a
Titus Minicius Parthicus
Legio VI FFC.
If not me...who?
If not now...when?
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