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Height in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Late Bronze Age male - 166,8 and female 154,5.
Early Iron Age - male - 166,7 and female 155,5.
Classical period - male 170,5 and female 156,6
Hellenistic period make - 171,9 and female 156,4
Imperial Roman - male 169,2 and female 158.

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For the record, current heights in the region:

Greece male - 179.3 and female 165.8.

Turkey male - 176.4 and female 161.8.

Lebanon male - 179.0 and female 163.7.

Cyprus male - 172.7 and female 160.6.

Italy male - 174.4 and female 161.8.

Average male - 176. 4 and female 162.7.

A gain of about 6 centimeters between Roman times and today.  Almost two and half inches.