roman empire vs nazi hgermany

>>2878875
Yes

Testudo>Panzer

>>2878875
Could the Roman Empire at its peak take over the Holy Roman Empire?

>>2878875
No, Germany has superior pops.

>>2878895
Maybe.

>>2878875
It kinda makes me wonder why there were so few attempts to conquer Germania, they suffered one major defeat and then decided to never venture beyond the rhine ever again. It took multiple invasions and decades of political maneuvering between rival native tribes to conquer England. Why was there no gradual expansion, setting up client kingdoms, just taking a small piece every few years in Germania?

>>2878919
Roman expansion depended to a large degree on "conquered" states preferring Roman rule over local rule, which wasn't the case in modern day Germany.

>>2878919
Germania had comparatively little resources to Gaul (with the exception of stinking, half-naked barbarians), was covered in dense forest meaning more cost involved clearing it.

Ultimately, it just wasn't worth it.

>>2878919
A combination of >>2878929 and the fact that Teutoburg was traumatic for the Romans. The second they heard about the defeat the city erupted into a panic because they thought that the Germans had already advanced into Italy and were coming to sack the city again.

>>2878919
>Hey, let's waste our troops in going to some northern dense forest full of snowniggers in mud huts who prefer to die than begin slaves.

It wasn't worth it. There wasn't any civilization to trade with or any resource who romans couldn't get from other place.

>men with swords versus a modern army

Germany would win in a week.

>>2878875
A single special force unit with a few drones could it take out. Do you now understand how technology works?

roman empire couldn't even take over gaul

>>2878875
No, because the Romans had fucking Roman era technology. Stuka bombing runs would probably start a new religion.

>>2878895
Probably not, because of the stirrup and steel. Holy Romans would have better armoured troops and much stronger cavalry. Also, a well trained pike square would defeat a legion (in good terrain).

>>2880179
Here's a fun alt-history. What if Rome went east instead of north, and found India and China?

>>2880991
>Here's a fun alt-history. What if Rome went east instead of north, and found India and China?

They know about the existence of India and probably China.
No need for alt-history.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Roman_relations

>inb4 wikipedia

>>2880991
>what if rome went east

they did, and they ran into persians and eventually muslims. They never got passed that.a