Their life expectancy wasn’t that great anyway compared to now
Low life expectancy has always been caused mostly by high infant and child mortality, not adults dying young of natural causes. Augustus and Tiberius lived well into their 70s, for example.
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Roman
Born
Died
Approx. age
Cause
Augustus
63 BC
AD 14
75–76
Natural causes, probably illness
Agrippa
63 BC
12 BC
About 50
Natural causes, probably illness
Maecenas
c. 70 BC
8 BC
About 62
Natural causes
Tiberius
42 BC
AD 37
77–78
Probably natural causes, though ancient sources alleged foul play
Vespasian
AD 9
AD 79
69–70
Natural illness
Titus
AD 39
AD 81
41–42
Natural illness
Trajan
AD 53
AD 117
63–64
Natural illness, possibly a stroke
Hadrian
AD 76
AD 138
About 62
Natural illness
Marcus Aurelius
AD 121
AD 180
58–59
Natural illness, probably infection
Constantine the Great
AD 272
AD 337
About 65
Natural illness
Virgil
70 BC
19 BC
50–51
Natural illness
Ovid
43 BC
AD 17
About 59–60
Probably natural causes
Galen
AD 129
c. AD 216
About 87
Probably natural causes
Excluded: Julius Caesar, Pompey, Cicero, Caligula, Domitian, Commodus, and others who were assassinated, executed, killed in battle, or died by suicide. Claudius is also excluded because he was probably poisoned, and Pliny the Elder died during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
Low life expectancy has always been caused mostly by high infant and child mortality
In demography, the life expectancy of a modern population is calculated by fitting a curve to the most recent infant and child mortality (< 5 years old) measurements. Not relevant to ancient Rome, but for the modern world life expectancy is not just heavily influenced by infant and child mortality, but is rather 100% a measure of infant and child mortality.
Low life expectancy has always been caused mostly by high infant and child mortality, not adults dying young of natural causes. Augustus and Tiberius lived well into their 70s, for example.
Duck.ai-generated list, if anybody wants to see it
Excluded: Julius Caesar, Pompey, Cicero, Caligula, Domitian, Commodus, and others who were assassinated, executed, killed in battle, or died by suicide. Claudius is also excluded because he was probably poisoned, and Pliny the Elder died during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
You are shown AI slop by a grueIn demography, the life expectancy of a modern population is calculated by fitting a curve to the most recent infant and child mortality (< 5 years old) measurements. Not relevant to ancient Rome, but for the modern world life expectancy is not just heavily influenced by infant and child mortality, but is rather 100% a measure of infant and child mortality.