[kkoncevicius]

The average life expectancy was low because of more deaths during childhood and wars. But the natural lifespan was more or less the same as it is today. For example, take a look at famous philosophers or politicians from Ancient Greece. Majority of them lived to about 70-80 years of age.

[jebarker]

Good point. I realize that I was thinking of average life expectancy and that was biased by high child mortality until recently