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TheUnholyGhost  Title: Mr. Subtle
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Marine kevlar would be more than up to the task of a Roman sword....
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DunesVladHarkonnen  Title: Moderator
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Hollywood has already proven the Romans would win.
The Ewoks beat down the Empire.
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Mangler_SC Title: Bellybutton Lint Collector
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TheUnholyGhost posted:
Marine kevlar would be more than up to the task of a Roman sword....
Romans didn't stab in the chest, they went for the genitals and thighs.
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Sith_Mauler Posts: 1,851
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shock and awe baby.
the 4 abrams that a MEU comes equipped with would destroy enough Legions(5000 troop in a legion), that the rest would just give up.
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Motar98 Title: cool guy
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Registered: 2003-1-4 17:18:32
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Could I destroy the entire Roman Empire if I traveled back in time with with a modern Marine infantr |
rome had been sacked multiple times, even held for ransom which rome payed multiple times, but the empire didn't fall because of it, they just appoint a new emp and make a new capital city. you would have to destroy all their armies to destroy rome, which was around 200k soldiers.
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Mangler_SC Title: Bellybutton Lint Collector
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Caledric posted:
Lol, most roman soldiers were not nearly as skilled as you want to believe they were, also your forgetting about a Marine's armor and training. You are also forgetting that Marines would not be fighting the Roman's in a straight line smash into each other style. They would break off into groups and do guerrilla warfare. A legionnaire 1 v 1 was not that skilled. Their strength was in the line... Marines would not fight them on the line... Also Marines ESPECIALLY infantry are familiar with swords.
You seem to be completely overestimating a Marine and underestimating what a Roman is capable of.
Again, it wouldn't be easy and I have no doubt that the Marine would do well for a short time, but the weight of numbers would win the day.
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JD_HOGG Posts: 2,846
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I hate to say this, but BT might be right in this scenario. It dawned on me that the Romans would probably win because the Marines would only have fiat currency to pay their troops. Who the hell is going to fight for fiat currency that won't buy you a whore or flagon of wine, when Romans are getting paid in salt and gold?
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Sith_Mauler Posts: 1,851
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Mangler_SC posted:
Caledric posted:
Lol, most roman soldiers were not nearly as skilled as you want to believe they were, also your forgetting about a Marine's armor and training. You are also forgetting that Marines would not be fighting the Roman's in a straight line smash into each other style. They would break off into groups and do guerrilla warfare. A legionnaire 1 v 1 was not that skilled. Their strength was in the line... Marines would not fight them on the line... Also Marines ESPECIALLY infantry are familiar with swords.
You seem to be completely overestimating a Marine and underestimating what a Roman is capable of.
Again, it wouldn't be easy and I have no doubt that the Marine would do well for a short time, but the weight of numbers would win the day.
conscripted forces will usually whither in the face of over whelming firepower and force.
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Elmador_MoK  Title: Voice of Mostly-Reason
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Registered: 2002-6-26 14:35:20
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I think all you would have to do is get the timing right, call a parlay, and snap your fingers just as a daisy cutter or tactical nuke was dropped on Rome, and boom: welcome to living godhood and an Empire worth of vassals.
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myxomatosis8  Title: amateur zookeeper
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Could I destroy the entire Roman Empire if I traveled back in time with with a modern Marine infantr |
JD_HOGG posted:
Cuttlery posted:
Sith_Mauler posted:
you act like Rome had all their legions just camped out around the capital doing nothing.
when Augustus ruled it was during the golden age of the Roman empire, their legions where off fighting wars on the borders trying to gain more lang.
So the 2000 Marines could train themselves in ancient weaponry and armor to be proficient enough to fight hundreds of thousands faster than the legions could get back to Rome... Got it.
Well, the Marines could probably garner some support from Germanic tribes and the Gauls, who were still hostile toward Rome at the time. It would have taken a year to get troops back to Rome to fight. And let's not forget they had just gone through a civil war, not everyone in Rome was pleased with the result. Some people who still commanded legions would probably see this as an opportunity to kick Augustus in the ass.
All they need is Asterix's village, and they'd wtfpwn them with the magic potion!!
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