August 24, 2019October 14, 2019Roman Empire Attrition rate in Roman Legions. No, I’m not talking about losses in battle. Disease all the time, famine in bad times, and not quite enough food in […]
August 5, 2019August 5, 2019Middle Ages Life in Europe before the Industrial Revolution was dirty and disease-ridden. There is a myth that rural life in the medieval ages before the industrial revolution was, if not good, then at least […]