How to live a long and healthy life, according to the ancients

By Konstantine Panegyres, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia

Just like in the modern world, people in ancient times wanted to know how to live a long and healthy life.

Greeks and Romans heard fantastic tales of far-away peoples living to well beyond 100.

Greek essayist Lucian (about 120–180 CE) writes:

Indeed, there are even whole nations that are very long-lived, like the Seres [Chinese],…

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