Moderns take so much for granted, thanks to the cradle-to-grave nanny-state. This is why there is so much hostility to pregnancy and having children and why people who have lots of children are criticized for "killing the planet." People had children, at least in some part, so someone would take care of them in their old age. Children were an investment, not just a drain on resources as they are perceived to be now.
When a non-citizen legionnaire received citizenship at the end of his tour of duty, it was extended retroactively to all his children. They knew what the soldiers were doing.
Moderns take so much for granted, thanks to the cradle-to-grave nanny-state. This is why there is so much hostility to pregnancy and having children and why people who have lots of children are criticized for "killing the planet." People had children, at least in some part, so someone would take care of them in their old age. Children were an investment, not just a drain on resources as they are perceived to be now.
When a non-citizen legionnaire received citizenship at the end of his tour of duty, it was extended retroactively to all his children. They knew what the soldiers were doing.