Did the hoplite armies and tradition just die out with the Romans "unifying" every state?
This story is one in a series I hope to do about mysterious deaths in and around Fort Bragg, North Carolina. I'm starting with Specialist Roman-Martinez's death because I find his case particularly infuriating.
Specialist Roman-Martinez was 17 when he enlisted in the United States army in September of 2016. After basic and advanced training, he was stationed in Fort Bragg, North Carolina as a human resources specialist. According to his sister, Griselda, he joined the Army because he thought it would teach him discipline and responsibility.
Specialist Roman-Martinez went missing in North Carolina sometime between May 22nd and 23rd in 2020. After he was reported missing, there was a ten-day search of the area in and around the Cape Lookout National Seashore. The search was called off on May 29th when his decapitated head was found with a “somewhat crescent-shaped, incised vs. chop wound” on the shore of Shackleford Banks Island, NC. His body has never been recovered.
During the Memorial Day weekend of 2020, Specialist Roman-Martinez traveled the four hours from Fort Bragg to the Cape Lookout National seashore with seven other soldiers- six men and one woman, all of whom remain unnamed.
There's very little information about what happened the night of the 22nd. The group made camp somewhere near marker 46 on South Core Banks, one of the islands in the park. According to the group Specialist Roman-Martinez was with, they went to bed around midnight on the 22nd, and around that time they saw him walking away from the campsite wearing only blue shorts. When they got up around 8:30 the next morning they realized Specialist Roman-Martinez was still gone. His phone, wallet, and desperately need glasses were left at the campsite. The group then spent most of the 23rd looking for him, eventually calling 911 sometime around 7:30 p.m.
What information we know comes from the 911 call placed on the 23rd, and it's fairly garbled. The still unidentified caller claims that they've been looking for Specialist Roman-Martinez all day, and that they were afraid he might of hurt himself because he had "suicidal tendencies". The caller further claims that they've been all over the island, looking for Park Rangers, before eventually reaching the ferry and realizing they needed to call 911.
Griselda, Specialist Roman-Martinez's sister, claims that he was not suicidal in the slightest, and that they had recently made plans for when Specialist Roman-Mart
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The date is roughly 130 AD. After discovering Iceland and Greenland the Romans as expected sail further west and discover the American continent. The news is returned to Rome and an Expeditionary Force is ordered to explorer and conquer. In due course Native Americans spot the Roman Ships and Troops massing on what would today be the eastern Canadian coast.
The news spreads to many Native American tribes. Like the Britons they want to keep their land but the Romans are determined to accumulate all in their path like they did with Britain. Who wins?
The Roman army at its peak have to face the best armies in the future starting at the fall of Rome. how far do they get.
rnd1: Both sides have equal soldiers
rnd2: Rome has double the soldiers
rnd3: The whole Roman army
bonus: All rounds the Romans can pick the terrain and has 1 week to prepare
What if the Roman Empire were to rise to power in 785?
I'm not sure what a good Roman army composition is that can be made in the early game AND not empty out my treasury. Could anyone help, please?
I’m also very interested in how it’s army contrasted with its enemies at the time. Why did it have to change?
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The roman army was much weaker in its infancy and its decline. Let's say the battle takes place on an open field, both sides fielding their entire army at the time (less than 10,000 men). Assuming they have no prior knowledge of each other, who wins?
...And I mean completely wipe them out and start a new timeline.
*Each leader brings the armies from their nation.
Edit: Has to be non Roman.
