Anthropologists Say Gladiators and Soldiers in Ancient Rome Were Vegetarian

Re:Anthropologists Say Gladiators and Soldiers in Ancient Ro... by forkLding on Monday December 03, 2018 @12:14PM (#18590465)

I'm thinking its more to do with the fact that meat was expensive and takes much more effort to cook back then, not that they were willing to just eat grains and vegetables, likely grains and vegetables were cheap and much easier to cook.

Farmed meat was a luxury in Roman times and game or wild meat was likely also expensive enough to not be eaten every day. We live in different times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Roman_cuisine/

https://www.historyhit.com/what-did-the-romans-eat-food-and-...

https://www.quora.com/What-did-soldiers-eat-in-the-Ancient-R...

https://www.thoughtco.com/did-roman-soldiers-eat-meat-120634

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Re:Anthropologists Say Gladiators and Soldiers in Ancient Ro... by rmykhajliw on Monday December 03, 2018 @11:34PM (#18596296)

Totally agree. Meat is expensive, so general fighter can't get one. Another issue meat is perishable product, that's why you just can't really on meat in a war time when supply chain may be broken. It's the same idea was used during Civil War when soldiers main ration was griffins (salty flour crackers) - 2000 years and nothing changed.

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Re:Anthropologists Say Gladiators and Soldiers in Ancient Ro... by yuy910616 on Monday December 03, 2018 @12:22PM (#18590567)

right that's the first thing I thought of as well.

If they had access to big mac they'd be eating that all the time

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