Paleo-bioenergetics: the metabolic rate of marching Roman legionaries
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| Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Bioenergetik im Altertum: Energieumsatz von roemischen Legionaeren auf dem Marsch |
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| Autor: | Whipp, B.J.; Ward, S.A.; Hassall, M.W.C. |
| Erschienen in: | British journal of sports medicine |
| Veröffentlicht: | 32 (1998), 3, S. 261-262, Lit. |
| Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
| Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISSN: | 0306-3674, 1473-0480 |
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| Erfassungsnummer: | PU199810304723 |
| Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
These estimates of the paleo-bioenergetics suggest that the ancient Roman legionary was a well trained endurance athlete, even by modern military standards. But it is also apparent from the equivalence of the metabolic rates of the unladen full step and the laden military step that the ergonomic advisers to the Roman military seem to have had a good understanding of the energy demands of sustained activity. How they established this challenges the imagination. Verf.-Referat