Roman Empire & Republic Conquests [509 BC - 476 AD]

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea, it became one of the largest empires in the ancient world.

In its centuries of existence, Roman civilization shifted from a monarchy to an oligarchic republic to an increasingly autocratic empire. It came to dominate South-Western Europe, South-Eastern Europe/Balkans and the Mediterranean region through conquest and assimilation.

The Western Roman Empire went into decline and disappeared in the 5th century AD. Plagued by internal instability and attacked by various migrating peoples, the western part of the empire, including Hispania, Gaul, Britannia and Italy, broke up into independent kingdoms in the 5th century. The Eastern Roman Empire, otherwise known as the Byzantine Empire, was governed from Constantinople, comprising Greece, parts conquered by the First Bulgarian Empire, Anatolia, Syria and Egypt, survived this crisis, and despite the loss of Syria and Egypt to the Arab Islamic Empire, revived and would live on for another millennium, until its last remains were finally annexed by the emerging Turkish Ottoman Empire. This eastern, Christian, medieval stage of the Empire is usually referred to as the Byzantine Empire by historians.

Roman civilization is often grouped into "classical antiquity" with ancient Greece, a civilization that inspired much of the culture of ancient Rome. Ancient Rome contributed greatly to the development of law, war, art, literature, architecture, technology and language in the Western world, and its history continues to have a major influence on the world today.

Music:

1st = Fundamentum by Lesiem
2nd = Immediate music - With Great Power
3rd = Immediate music - Lacrimosa
4th = Immediate music - Preliator
5th = Immediate music - Orchard Of Mines

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[VanillaSnow23]

What did the Romans think of the Chinese?

[CroPETROforever]

@VanillaSnow23 They heard about them from travelers east-west about distant empire... it's shame they never met

[randomrazr]

@CroPETROforever at the time, which one was more superior?

[CroPETROforever]

@randomrazr Romans soldier were unstoppable force back than, means superior to chinese soldiers aswell, but china had also a great army with many bowmen, it would be a great fight, but won by romans in the end when it comes 1 on 1

[Heyprinny]

@CroPETROforever Between the Roman Legions and the Chinese bowmen, I would think that the Romans would just Testudo it out and win in the end. The Chinese army was vast and had the occasional great general but Rome managed itself with more common sense tactics that the Chinese tended to overlook...such as big shields to guard from arrows and walking in a cohesive line formation and absolute military discipline rather than running about in a barbarian mob fashion.

[CroPETROforever]

@Heyprinny Ofcourse, Roman soldiers (legions) were first professional army in human history.

[CroPETROforever]

@CroPETROforever yes, but china was to far away. between them was Parthian empire, and China simply didn't saw any logic or need to expand that far to let's say attack parthians, why should they? :)

[CroPETROforever]

@lgonggr not true... Hannibal ass was kicked from Romans along with entire Carthage :)

[RasczakUK]

@truefalse

The Romans did indeed 'conquer' Scotland. By the early 80s AD, they had advanced to the very North of the UK and in 82/83AD a Legionary Fortress was built (Pinnata Castra) just southwest of Blairgowrie (in Northern Scotland): it was the base for Legion XX. However continetal requirements meant Legion II was withdrawn from Britain and XX went South to fill the gap circa 86AD. The Romans then withdrew to the Stanegate Road (Carlisile-Newcastle) before re-invading 50 years later.

[commodoman1]

@CroPETROforever but didnt an emperor sent envoys to the west looking for allies?

[MeatstickRob88]

I don't know, maybe it is a genetic thing or it depends on the person but if you saw the "techno viking" video you could see a dark olive skinned german who was drunk and a bit chubby and looked roman purposely runs into some weird techno girl and techno viking owns him

[MeatstickRob88]

Romans were really crazy though, in some aspects even more Barbaric then the German/Celtic barbarians, When Roman men got drunk they used to fight each other and in many cases, they killed each other, When "Barbarian men" got drunk it was a happy occasion of bonding, they also were major womanizers and women were not as respected but in roman law they were able to own property in some cases, but men were allowed to marry and bang any women they wanted in roman empires law, but women could not

[wing2912]

@mrpineconehead

Fundamentum

[mrpineconehead]

anyone know what the first song is called?

[PlainFizz]

@commodoman1 I know that, what I mean is why didn't the maker add Macedon & Greece to the conquest.

[commodoman1]

@PlainFizz they were conquered by Rome

[redwhitedude]

@CroPETROforever I think their superior and brutal training regimen of the Roman soldiers will stand out. If there is one thing that stands out and makes the legions as effective as they were is their ruthless training and severe penalty for cowardice in battle.

[francescoilgrande1]

@CroPETROforever We know that rests of one of the "centurie" of "triumvirio" Crasso (died in 43a.C Carre) arrived in China and founded a small town. The chinese were so surprised because they hadn't never seen the "testudo" formation. So, even if they were in numerical superiority they didn't killed the romans. :)