Comments by "Hyok Kim" (@hyokkim7726) on "The Historian's Craft" channel.

  1. Hey, I finally figured it out the difference between the Roman catastrophes in the Republican/Principate and post Principate period. Rome had never lost breadbasket in both the Republican period and the Principate, not even temporarily. Not only that the Vandal seizure of N.A. involved the ocean, not only Rome needed a big army, but a navy as well. Plus the plagues. The vast distance required far bigger logistical challenges than anything Republic/Principate had had to deal with. Rome by that time, had far bigger population than Rome in the Republican/Principate period, Italy could no longer produce enough food for the population of Italy even by late Republic.
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  2. You also have abundant source of potable water, plus fish for protein as well,
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  3. Not a trivial topic: this is one serious topic among fighter pilots. One serious safety issue to the point, it is a part of training, especially the diet aspect, time, schedule of the meal before the mission. There was at least one case of fighter jet crashing due to this issue in Iraq by USAF no less.
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