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Originally Posted by Spongegod
I think Rome can take China. The Romans were conquerors by definition and created their whole civilization through conquest. China has never had to conquer anything and is not used to conquest. And from what little I know of history (compared to certain persons on this board), China lost more fights than Rome did. For some reason it just strikes me as being that whenever China fights someone that isn't China, China always loses.
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China has spent much of its history conquering China. With physical borders nearly as big or bigger than the Roman empire and more human genius they got everything they needed. The only problem vs Rome is that China only really faced two types of enemies. Steppe horse tribes and other Asian style infantry armies. Rome got exposure to a much wider arena of military styles.