Note 352 — LIFE OF POMPEIUS. (continued 2)
George Long translation
The Romans were accustomed to such exercises as these in the Campus Martius.
———"cur apricum Oderit campum patiens pulveris atque solis? ———sæpe disco Sæpe trans finem jaculo nobilis expedito."—Horatius, Od. i. 8.
Compare the Life of Marius (34).
The Romans maintained their bodily vigour by athletic and military exercises to a late period of life. The bath, swimming, riding, and the throwing of the javelin were the means by which they maintained their health and strength. A Roman commander at the age of sixty was a more vigorous man than modern commanders at the like age generally are.