Originally Posted by Decius101 Originally Posted by



Roman Legions also placed emphasis on how large a man is for recruiting, you also had to be at least 5'10 to join the Legion, this was after the Marian Reforms. They still placed more emphasis on the size of a man than height but not many short men are huge so I doubt there were any men shorter than 5'8 in the Roman Legion. The Marian reforms were in 107 BC and the Empire had regions mostly in Southern Europe and parts of Southern France so these reforms were not because taller conquered barbarian men could now join the legions, the height requirement was not because of them.

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