Anthropologists Say Gladiators and Soldiers in Ancient Rome Were Vegetarian

Re:Anthropologists Say Gladiators and Soldiers in Ancient Ro... by starbeast on Monday December 03, 2018 @01:24PM (#18591368)

Not a vegetable source, but eggs are generally considered vegetarian.

For vegetable sources, they were referred to as barley-eaters and barley is 12% protein.

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Re:Anthropologists Say Gladiators and Soldiers in Ancient Ro... by tracker1 on Monday December 03, 2018 @01:26PM (#18591405)

Also, why are people fighting so hard to insist that memebers of a pre-industrial society got 12% of their calories from animal sources (including meat)?

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Re:Anthropologists Say Gladiators and Soldiers in Ancient Ro... by starbeast on Monday December 03, 2018 @01:37PM (#18591523)

I could have sworn that was your position. Hang on, are you three kids in a trenchcoat?

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Re:Anthropologists Say Gladiators and Soldiers in Ancient Ro... by tracker1 on Monday December 03, 2018 @03:43PM (#18592762)

I meant s/insist/resist/

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Re:Anthropologists Say Gladiators and Soldiers in Ancient Ro... by tracker1 on Monday December 03, 2018 @01:25PM (#18591378)

Barley is not a complete protein iirc.

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