Health and wellbeing in the ancient world

3.6 The mental health of ancient soldiers

In the following audio, Helen King talks to Owen Rees of Manchester Metropolitan University about the controversy around whether ancient Greek and Roman soldiers would have suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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Audio 2 The mental health of ancient soldiers