Who else thinks the Romans could have beaten the Han Chinese if their armies ever went head to head? In fact, at what point in history do you think that there existed a nation on earth again with an army strong enough to rival Rome's at its height (I might guess the first time was 17th century Britain)?
PS for the sake of comparison, the city of Rome had at least one million inhabitants by the 2nd century AD, which is like nothing the world would ever see again for literally over a millennium and a half. The empire had between 50 and 80 million people and was more intensively associated with urban culture and more "integrated" than its Chinese counterpart, even in Western Europe.
2007-10-11
07:00:46
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