How likely would a Roman legionary in the early C.E period be to survive his 25 years of promised service and be allowed to retire? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

How likely would a Roman legionary in the early C.E period be to survive his 25 years of promised service and be allowed to retire?

by ExiledToTerminus

Broke22

Check this thread with answers from /u/amp1212 and /u/tiako

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/emx7my/how_many_roman_legionnaires_survived_to_retirement/

You may also want to check the paper Tiako references, here:

http://www.princeton.edu/~pswpc/pdfs/scheidel/110509.pdf