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The rich slave owning Greeks and Romans while not marching to another battle? Do we know anything about the exercise habits of the poor (other than the dude in the bathtub) or the slaves?



> rich slave owning Greeks and Romans while not marching to another battle?

Yes.

> Do we know anything about the exercise habits of the poor (other than the dude in the bathtub) or the slaves?

This is a notorious blind spot in our knowledge of our antiquity. It’s partly why the ruins at Pompeii were so interesting.




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