Comment on "Statistically speaking, you won't survive, but you wouldn't in civilian life either tbf"
wjrii@lemmy.world 5 days agoI believe that’s as high as it ever got, but it was definitely a thing.
Comment on "Statistically speaking, you won't survive, but you wouldn't in civilian life either tbf"
wjrii@lemmy.world 5 days agoI believe that’s as high as it ever got, but it was definitely a thing.
Mika@piefed.ca 5 days ago
May I challenge you with russian empire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_the_Russian_Empire
thefluffiest@feddit.nl 5 days ago
Then again, life was really short
Don’t make fun of life they got little legs
wjrii@lemmy.world 5 days ago
LOL, that’s rough. I should have clarified what I was thinking of the (Western) Roman Empire.
PugJesus@piefed.social 5 days ago
Unfortunately, as the Legion system declined, life terms became common in the Late Roman Empire as well.
Real shit scenario, causes more problems than it solves honestly.