AHC: A Roman Empire form the Atlantic to the Pacific

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.
 
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.

In a sense, though this is because the Chinese EMPIRES were larger than their European counterparts so that factors into it.
 
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.
 
In a sense, though this is because the Chinese EMPIRES were larger than their European counterparts so that factors into it.
Not larger. They had a bigger population. A large Empire with a small population will not have a large army and vice versa.
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.
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...
 
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.
 
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.

Well, Chinese Siberia isn't too hard if you have an early-modernizing China, although as its been pointed out there's not much to interest the Chinese in Siberia once the Mongol and Turkic Menaces have been stamped out (see, Manchu empire, borders of). But I'm not sure why the Emperor would want to conquer a land of numerous and very tough barbarians (Europe) at the end of a distant logistical train: making them vassals and letting them run their own affairs seems far more likely.

Bruce
 
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