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Originally Posted by Larryp
I remember reading a "National Geographic" article about some excavation at the site of the battle of Little Bighorn in the USA.
They remarked that skeletons of soldiers unearthed were around the 5' 6" mark, which was the average white male height at the time.
Certainly the average white male height is much more nowadays.
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There are a lot of Roman ruins in south of France and Northern Italy. As a kid I remember visiting some of the tombs. Roman soldiers were buried with their gear and weapons. They were tiny and short skeletons . Well under 5 foot. Like us little kids. Their swords were more like a big kitchen knife. LOL.