Sex Lives of the Roman Legion

As the Roman Empire grew, so did the importance of its army - the Roman Legion.

But what was life on the march like? What happened on the encampments after dark? And why couldn't eunuchs join the Roman legion?!

Joining Kate today to tell her all about this battle-hardened rabble, is Rome-based historian and tour guide Alex Meddings. Find out more about his work here: https://alexandermeddings.com/

Episode edited by Tom Delargy and produced by Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer is Charlotte Long.

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I am usually only moderately interested in Roman lives.
Even though I've watched Alex cover some of this info on youtube shows, I was entertained and engaged for the entire episode. I love how Kate and Alex covered a wide variety of topics. They explained throughly while also being concise enough to keep the feeling more like listeing to two of your friends that haven't previously met each other discuss something you know nothing about instead of attending a lesson. I learned a lot and was entertained even when hearing information I already know. One other thing I appreciated is how they didn't overwhelmingly censor themselves, but instead used both actual terms for things and caual everyday wording that comes up when talking about sex. They talked about the attitudes and thoughts of the Romans then and connected to how we see things now.