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Originally Posted by IDonT
Please give your arguments as to which nation could best each other in a conflict. Circa: 100-50 BC.
Edit: its Western Han
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The Seleucids would have come off the better of both parties: Imagine a new breath of life pumped into an otherwise dying empire by power politics of more robust empires in conflict... much like the Ottoman and the Qing Empires did in late the 19th Century.
Seriously though, in the Central Asia, both the Romans and the Han would be out of their natural element. Their respective successes/failures will be decided more on their diplomatic prowess in swaying the nomadic tribesmen's loyalties.