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Lumifer comments on Open thread, Mar. 16 - Mar. 22, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: [deleted] 18 March 2015 03:47:43PM 1 point [-]

My first idea would be lots of milk - but interesting how our go-to examples in Ancient Athens actually considered that barbaric. A cursory search suggests they largely got their proteins from fish. Well, definitely, if I have to get maximal amount of proteins with 1 day of labor with pre-modern tech I take a fishing net. One fisherman with two assitants, could, I figure, support 50 well-built guards.

Comment author: Lumifer 18 March 2015 04:00:56PM 3 points [-]

lots of milk

You probably want cheese.

But in general, I don't think that the king's guards would have problems getting enough protein if they want it. A peasant army, of course, is a different matter.