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Re:The highest paid athlete of all time was a Roman Charioteer by maxander on Friday April 03, 2020 @10:01PM (#22775599)
It's also interesting that the Roman Army apparently ate five times as much as the entire city of Rome. Resource allocation was clearly very different back then (and apparently in our favor.)
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Re:The highest paid athlete of all time was a Roman Charioteer by rsynnott on Saturday April 04, 2020 @01:39PM (#22779925)
Food wouldn’t have been the military’s main expense. In a pre-industrial society weapons and equipment were extremely expensive.
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Re:The highest paid athlete of all time was a Roman Charioteer by narag on Friday April 03, 2020 @10:43PM (#22775795)
Pay <> eat.
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