Quote Originally Posted by Iberius Victor
After having my Casse generals die in the 60-70 bracket and thinking back to RTR as the Romans where I think 70-85 was the norm. I was wondering...

1. How is/was lifespan (ie age at which characters die) dealt with in the RTW engine.
2. Has EB modified or adjusted or completely and radically changed any of this.

And, for a more broad in-depth question, how would human rights, health, poverty etc. of the ancient world rate in comparison to the present day situation, especially in developing countries.
60-70 is fine for a general. The poorer people of course died quite a bit sooner - mostly due to poor health care.
60 to 70 years is not bad even by today's standards (where medicine and health care have considerably raised the average maximum age), although in some poor countries such as African or some Middle-Eastern states, the maximum age is still around 50 (!).

Basically, aging has more to do with your surroundings, health, nutritioning and possible injuries than genes. I suppose you could say that as the life of the Casse or other "barbarians" was somewhat harsher, their maximum age should be lower than that of, say, Greek nobility - i'm not sure if this is reflected in EB unfortunately

I hope that helped a little