Snake Featherston
Banned
China would wipe the floor with any o the Roman armies...
Depends on which China and when.
China would wipe the floor with any o the Roman armies...
I've already realized that my initial idea is very impossible.
If my memory serves me right the Chinese armies were always larger than their European counterparts. And they already used crossbows.
Not larger. They had a bigger population. A large Empire with a small population will not have a large army and vice versa.In a sense, though this is because the Chinese EMPIRES were larger than their European counterparts so that factors into it.
I know!Improbable. I see no way for Rome to each the Pacific. The Indian Ocean, sure (if you count the Persian Gulf), but certainly not the Pacific.
Not larger. They had a bigger population. A large Empire with a small population will not have a large army and vice versa.
I know!
It is perhaps much more realistic if the Chinese Empire spans from the Pacific to the Atlantic. But this can only work if the Ming dynasty never comes to power and starts its policy of extreme isolationism...
If you count the Mongols as Chinese. And even though it'd be a miracle if such an empire holds together for more than a generation.