FUN FACT: There’s some limited evidence that literacy was higher in the Legions than in the general population. Not because it was a recruitment requirement, but probably due to a mixture of the low literacy of rural areas, that almost all promotion opportunities in the Legions required literacy, and the fact that bored soldiers pass skills around almost as often as STDs.

bored soldiers pass skills around almost as often as STDs

You just gave me a mental picture of soldiers partially clad in armour, one teaching stuff to another while engaging in gay sex.

“It’s not gay if there’s no penetration.” - Romans, probably

“Its not gay if you’re the top.” - The Egyptians