Were the Germans physically superior?

[nithijo]

As far as I know a Roman soldier had to be at least 1,70 Metres to enter the Roman army. Well, thats not very short for that timeperiod.
And if the Germans were taller, as discribed, means they were commonly
at least 1,80-1,90 Metres what I doubt a little for that time.
Romans had much better food and more variety of food...

There are some skeleton-founds of Romans and Germans, practical would be to simply collect those founds and compare them.

Hi

Take a look at this pdf:

http://www.meteohistory.org/2005history ... _baten.pdf


"Migrants from the Mediterranean to Central Europe (especially Roman soldiers and officers, as well as
administrative staff) turned out to be 4 cm shorter than the rest of the population. But skeletons that could be
identified as “Germanic migrantsâ€