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Age expectancy in Roman Egypt based on census returns

Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen

The point is people dying of old age weren't dying of it at 30 lol. The idea that out lifespan has increased much is simply a myth.

Of course if I brought up John the Apostle dying at 95 the same people will say that's some Christian conspiracy. Or Thomas at 70. Or Peter being executed at 60 something. Certainly all of those can be debated so instead I just went with the two emperors during Jesus' life.

Also the wealthy and powerful had their own perils because of their wealth and power. How many were emperors were assassinated? Other political leaders like Caesar killed? Military leaders in battle?

Plutarch was 70 something when he died. And of course long before any of them, Plato was 80 when he died. Socrates was 70 something when he died...because he was still spry enough to be a dick and was executed for it.

But want to take a guess what the life expectancy of an American was at 1900? If you guessed under 50, you'd be correct. Because, again,, it's not that our lifespan has increased much (if at all), it's our infant mortality that has changed.

And again, the point was there's document evidence that earlier Christians had formed no later than a decade or two after the supposed death of Jesus. We aren't talking generations upon generations here before anyone brought up Jesus. People who alleged to have known Jesus were at the Council of Jerusalem.