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You burned Athens to the ground? So did the Roman Army when Greece was incorporated into the empire as a province. In regards to the Parthians, however, the Roman Army razed the capital of the Parthian Kingdom to the ground. Not an indirect effect, but a DIRECT effect. :) Absolutely. A Roman...

The last time the asiatics threatened Europe was in the Battle of Vienna, when the Turkish plans for conquest of Europe was silenced by the Holy League. 300,000 Turks battled some 100,000 europeans (germans, poles, austrians); the europeans finally put an end to turkish threat to europe. :)...

Right on, Audio. Right on, brotha !

Roman armies under Trajan, Verus, Severus, Caracalla, Galerius, and Julian the Apostate all penetrated Persia and sacked the capital of Ctesiphon, proving that the Romans were fully capable of crippling their eastern rivals. The legions must have perfected some means of containing the leathal...

Roman Tactics Against Cavalry

ah...so you do have some celtic in you. :azn: as for me, my father's side comes from present day Bavaria in Schwaben (southern Germany). my mother's side is of old english stock. i'm what you would call a typical northern european; blonde haired, blue eyed, 6'3. hehehe. off topic: so you...

Think of it as an early form of Globalization. Nothing wrong with black faces.

Nothing wrong with that; we borrow from the Romans. Afterall, Rome was destroyed by Germanic peoples. :)

And the Nimitz Strike Group is just around the corner. :azn:

The Koreans, Japanese and Vietnamese, do, owe their confucian culture to China. I think its important to observe the cultural and social impact in a historico-social psychological point of view. To deny these is mitigating the very formation of identity in the macroscopic context. In...

Majority of Americans are White. 75% of America is White. How can we look down on our ancestors? lol. I personally don't look down on the fact that my father's parents came from Germany (after the war) and my mother's side are originally from England. Ancestrally speaking, I come from lands...

History bears witness that most of the ancient empires of the world utilized slaves to build its commerce, or religio-political infrastructure. Ancient Egyptians used slaves from Numidia , Arabia and even ancient Hebrews. The ancient Assyrians, Babylonians, Hittites, Persians all utilized...

Good Job, ASEAN ! Good Job, Philippines ! :cheers:

Incorrect. There never was a continuity of Han government; China's history is full of dynastic change , representing the anithesis of stasis. Your country's history is rich in dynastic change, conquests by foreign peoples. In regards to Rome, there may no longer be a "Roman State", however...

In its height, yes, if we included the slaves with the free Roman citizens.

No need to apologize, bro, we're just trying to be honest and straight forward. Prejudice is a human trait; despite this we learn to work with each other and learn from each other. In regards to my posts of historical precedent, it was not meant to put down, but to share historical truth...

The Roman Army was effective in its organization ; the symbiotic unity of legionairres, archers, auxiliary , siege and cavalry was capable in defeating armies two to three times its size. An example was the Second Battle of Tapae, in which the Roman Army, commanded by Emperor Trajan faced off...

Undoubtedly. The Roman Empire collapsed due to the sheer mass and size and pressure in the frontier by the Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Vandals, and other Germanic tribes in the frontier. Rome was sacked by Alaric the Great, King of the Visigoths. A Germanic (White) people. The Germanics then...

Greed is a basic human trait. It is irrelevant if it manifests in the West or in the East and what have you. Its like saying only White Europeans are racist. lol. In the beginning, the Roman Republic was populated by Whites of present day Latium (Italy). When the Roman Empire spread through...

Logic is unattainable by some, unfortunately.