Quote:If she's bleeding, fair game.
In that culture, if they were bleeding they were essentially middle-aged. Toss in the all the child-birth issues and women had it really rough in terms of reaching a ripe old age.
Life expectancy at birth, even in the Roman Empire was only about 25-28.
One would have to think that the Romans had a bit of an advantage over these primitive goat herders living in the desert.