Movies portray them as very muscular and over 6 feet tall. How accurate is that in terms of historical data? Also, if the community is like that, were there fewer cases of diabetes, heart attack, and other illnesses linked to being fat or obese back then?
as for fat Romans, see here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/18i9x1/how_fat_was_fat_in_ancient_rome/
a question asked by u/atmdk7 and well answered by u/NeverTheRani