The Roman empire was nothing special and was not that great

D.I. And my point is the Roman government wouldn't have been able to control that many anyways even if there were that many they split the empire in half. D.II. But the Romans took the Spanish sword the gladius was the Spanish sword design and name. Phalanx was heavily armored using a 5 to 9 foot spear they could throw and then they would draw a sword in a square formation the maniple was the same thing only the spears were javelins and they were in the same design but it was just a bunch of smaller phalanxes in a checker pattern. The Roman maniple was more defensive than anything designed to allow the enemy to fall into the checker pattern and fight their small phalanxes in mini battles than when one phalanx one there mini battle they pull around the flank of another one help that phalanx and then pull back to there position not much moving. The Roman legionnaire wore a helmet breastplate greaves and carried a shield on their front and later versions carried a second one on their backs along with a javelin and sword fights in a tight but small phalanx throws javelins before engagement and than meets with sword. Very heavy unit. Useless if ambushed for their javelins cannot be doubled to spears without snapping and their swords are not drawn if maniple breaks a good amount of their soldiers are already dead and the army will be destroyed with no hope of retreat proven by Hannibal. The Greek hoplite wore a helmet greaves breastplate carried a smaller shield a spear and sword depending on the situation the commander could order the spear to be kept or thrown if thrown they had a sword to double with formation is not easily moved but if broken a good amount of soldiers will escape and the army will be ok also the shield is a weapon for the Greeks that is very dangerous to the enemy. The Macedonian hoplite wore a helmet greaves breastplate carried a shield and sword and 10 foot spear that could be doubled to a javelin if requested if spear is thrown the sword is very affective at taking down enemies they fight in a tight formation also with a dangerous shield that can be used as a affective weapon. These soldiers fight in similar formations with similar weapons used for similar jobs. For strategy also remember many times the Romans outnumbered the Greeks by a lot they were able to keep troops in reserve because they had extras not much strategy just over running the enemy. The navy: The Greek trireme carried units on board to take enemy ships after they rammed them they did this at Thermopylae it kept them alive against the vastly superior Persian navy. http://www.google.com... This shows that the Quinqueremes were originally Carthaginian and much like the Trireme. The cavalry: As I said earlier the Roman cavalry was a man on a horse with a helmet breastplate greaves shield and weapon just like the Macedonian companion quick strong and effective. Siege Equipment: But the Macedonians were the only others in all of the known world that used the ballistic and then the Romans after conquering Greece come out with a similar weapon called the scorpion. Religion: Roman gods are children from previous rulers of the world and over throw their parents they control the world they have a leader king of the sky who has two brothers king of the sea and king of the underworld he has a wife and a son of war they have a goddess of beauty and one of battle and a messenger god the gods also come to earth and have kids with mortals that become demigods and go on great adventures and become famous for killing great monsters and doing great things the same as the Greeks. Architecture if you take a right triangle and make an isosceles triangle you didn't invent anything its still a triangle the Romans took the Egyptian column and made their own tiny twist still nothing new. Once again the triangles they lifted it a bit higher and took away a door nothing really all that different. D.III. The Spartans were still strong after the Peloponnesian they did not fall to the Macedonians and it was a long while before Rome took them too and the Romans started as a city state they just conquered everyone around them so quickly there wasn't time for state on state warfare there was no unity just conquest. When Rome came in they outnumbered the Greeks 3 to 1 even if they were united and they still had a ruff time taking Sparta. D.IV. Trebia Tasinmene Cannae Hannibal again and again destroyed Roman armies after Cannae Hannibal only had to walk into Rome and take it ending the war the Romans just got lucky he didn't. I have made a contention here the army was still large but the barbarians still won they couldn't fight them off showing the Roman weakness. A.I. Rome did nothing different they did everything from every other civilization that worked staying compact throwing spears and drawing swords boarding ships using ballistics being cruel they just stole what worked before and used it my opponent didn't even give an argument here. A.II. Roman road building and naval transportation were stolen from Greece Carthage and Egypt Christianity would have been fine. A.III. But the American military isn't a tool used by politicians for power. Conclusion I have shown Rome was nothing but a city of thieves that stole technology to build their empire. Vote for me.