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Roman military training (lemmy.world)
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[–] PugJesus 6 points 2 months ago

Explanation: When the Roman legions were just beginning to change into a standing, professional army, they had gladiators teach new recruits techniques for dodging and warding blows. While the later legions wouldn't need the instruction of glorified athletes, as they would develop a core of veterans with dedicated training duty, it was useful in getting them started.

Here we see a 100% accurate recreation of those Roman training techniques!