▲ 141 ▼ "Statistically speaking, you won't survive, but you wouldn't in civilian life either tbf" (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 months ago by PugJesus@piefed.social [M] to c/historymemes@piefed.social 12 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (8 children) 25 years? That seems an awfully long time to be armying about. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] wjrii@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (5 children) I believe that's as high as it ever got, but it was definitely a thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Mika@piefed.ca 10 points 3 months ago (4 children) May I challenge you with russian empire The term of service during the 18th century was for life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_the_Russian_Empire permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 7 points 3 months ago (1 child) Then again, life was really short permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Don't make fun of life they got little legs permalink fedilink source parent [–] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) LOL, that's rough. I should have clarified what I was thinking of the (Western) Roman Empire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PugJesus@piefed.social [S] 4 points 3 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kossa@feddit.org 7 points 3 months ago* (1 child) Then again, like in most other jobs, your schedule wasn't as packed with fighting compared to today. After all you had to walk to every deployment. And basically you'd be chilling in some camp and just get a few bruises every other month from some oversized or undersized Gauls, but they'd never kill. Source: read some source material from eye witnesses, those scrolls known as "the Asterix chronicles". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] count_duckula@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago As long as one doesn't have to hear Gaulish bards sing, it sounds like a comfortable assignment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (5 children) I believe that's as high as it ever got, but it was definitely a thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Mika@piefed.ca 10 points 3 months ago (4 children) May I challenge you with russian empire The term of service during the 18th century was for life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_the_Russian_Empire permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 7 points 3 months ago (1 child) Then again, life was really short permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Don't make fun of life they got little legs permalink fedilink source parent [–] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) LOL, that's rough. I should have clarified what I was thinking of the (Western) Roman Empire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PugJesus@piefed.social [S] 4 points 3 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mika@piefed.ca 10 points 3 months ago (4 children) May I challenge you with russian empire The term of service during the 18th century was for life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_the_Russian_Empire permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 7 points 3 months ago (1 child) Then again, life was really short permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Don't make fun of life they got little legs permalink fedilink source parent [–] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) LOL, that's rough. I should have clarified what I was thinking of the (Western) Roman Empire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PugJesus@piefed.social [S] 4 points 3 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 7 points 3 months ago (1 child) Then again, life was really short permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Don't make fun of life they got little legs permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Don't make fun of life they got little legs permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 child) LOL, that's rough. I should have clarified what I was thinking of the (Western) Roman Empire. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PugJesus@piefed.social [S] 4 points 3 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PugJesus@piefed.social [S] 4 points 3 months 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kossa@feddit.org 7 points 3 months ago* (1 child) Then again, like in most other jobs, your schedule wasn't as packed with fighting compared to today. After all you had to walk to every deployment. And basically you'd be chilling in some camp and just get a few bruises every other month from some oversized or undersized Gauls, but they'd never kill. Source: read some source material from eye witnesses, those scrolls known as "the Asterix chronicles". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] count_duckula@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago As long as one doesn't have to hear Gaulish bards sing, it sounds like a comfortable assignment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] count_duckula@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago As long as one doesn't have to hear Gaulish bards sing, it sounds like a comfortable assignment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 10 points 3 months ago How much is that in salt? permalink fedilink source
[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 child) Join at 18 and retire at 43. permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Avicenna@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago Still beats today's standards permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago Still beats today's standards permalink fedilink source parent
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