Picking your brains

[Anonymous]

18 or 19? I myself would have thought that was quite old, I always thought that people would have grown up faster in the distant past as life was harder, I would have thought a trainee might be as young as 15, could you clarify this? is there any evidence? Also while on the subject, was there a standard 'basic training' (I realise the time span which the Roman army covers and how it would have evolved, but was there a standard they had to pass i.e run so far so fast etc or an other test of endurance/power like in modern armed forces).<br>
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