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Its too easy to argue that horse mounted archers would be decisive.
If you recall the long shields of the Romans - they were actually designed to minimise the casuality count of any missile barrage. Lets not forget that in early AD times the Romans had already mastered artillery, with Onangers and Ballistae.
Any Roman/Mongol war depends on the ability of the commanders - Romans with Varus would die, with Julies Caesar would find a way. same with the mongols.
Seige warfare - where it would have come down to- would have been much more equal. The Romans were masters at seiges - and imho would have bled the Mongols dry
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