Originally posted by barracudabq
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What if: Roman legions vs medieval European army
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If you are emotionally invested in 'believing' something is true you have lost the ability to tell if it is true.
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A lot of what I am reading is that your basic 2nd Century Roman Soldier/Commander outcompete virtually everything in Europe up until essentially modern times, and the Europeans need huge technological advanages to bridge that gap....especially since the Romans are quite resourceful and can improvise tactics and strategies against even technologically superior foes.
So even if you time-warp an Imperial Army into 1200s-1400s Europe, they still have a fair chance of winning.
Someone can correct me if I am reading wrong....
WRT Roman Collapse: Combinations of factors always come into play when you're talking about a major civilization lasting 1,000 years. The Third Century Crisis killed whatever economic dynamism did exist and started the separation that would end the West, which comes from a political system essentially started by Caesar, which is the end-stage of a political crisis that existed since Cincinnatus and turbo-charged with the Gracchi Bros.
Also the foes Rome faced in the 4th and 5th centuries were a hell of a lot more lethal than the ones they faced n the 1st and 2nd century. You might as well compare Stalin's Russia to Peter the Great's Russia and wonder why Poland had such a harder time with the former."The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood"-Otto Von Bismarck
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