You can do. I have done it. I can run with an aspis, fence individually with it, punch with it. It can all be done, it’s just exhausting. But a 5th C. BC ekdromos was probably a lot more fit than I am.https://twitter.com/Verghast404/status/1262452292873117699 …
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I've read that classical Greek literary sources rarely (e.g. compared to the Iliad) attest meat except fish or sacrificial roasts; does wider evidence indicate a low protein diet even for hoplite elites in Greek poleis?
The diet is bread heavy, but exactly how bread heavy is really difficult to assess. Forbes and Foxhall "Sitometria" (1982) discusses some of the difficulties in precision. Also wide variance by class - the wealthier you were, the less bread-heavy, probably.
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This is where I wonder if bone analysis could help, but I guess human bones and teeth differ from animals for these purposes.
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I know some archaeologists (not the twittering type) who work on food evidence from a trade-and-agriculture perspective. I might toss an email and see if any1 has attempted that kind of bone study. I haven't seen it in the secondary lit. on agri., but doesn't mean it isn't there
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