Prophecy vs Free will

False.See: List of largest empires - WikipediaThe largest superpower by raw land mass was the British Empire at 33.7 million square kilometers ca. 1922 CE. The Roman Empire comes in at 17th place.The largest superpower by percentage of world population was the Achaemenid Empire at 44% ca. 480 BCE. The Roman Empire comes in at fourth place (after the Achaemenid, Sassanid, and Qing Empires).Please get your facts straight before making (I hope, unintentional) false statements.Now back to Prophecy vs Free Will.Edited by anglagard, : Didn't go far enough down the list, sorry Sassanids.

Indeed "There was no counter to Rome's might for many centuries on this planet."Which century are you talking about? They were challenged every century. Carthage, Parthians, Teutonberg Forest, Goths, Huns, name one century they were not challenged. Hell, they even had to build two walls to keep the Picts from eating them for dinner.{ABE} Is there anything you actually got right? Are you referring to, in sequence, after 1588, 1815, ever? Uh, Marathon and Salamis, 480 BCE kept the Persians out, Alexander (the Macedonian) ca. 330 BCE conquered the Persian Empire. Calculator says 480 - 330 =150, also what Greek Empire, that is, other than the Macedonian Empire under Alexander? When did these imaginary Brits lose a war with Germany? Are you referring to the Hanoverian succession? Hardly constitutes a war. More than the Second Punic War? You know Hannibal was in Italy itself, elephants and all. The Jewish Revolt was hardly the greatest challenge to Rome, if not Hannibal, try Attila or Etruscia. I have a bunch more if interested.{/ABE}It would be off topic for me to debate you on your apparent lack of historical knowledge in this thread as you clearly deny the very existence of the Mongol Empire along with the various empires of China, India, and Persia thereby proving my subheading is completely appropriate.If you would like to challenge anything I may have to say about history, please be my guest and PNT.Edited by anglagard, : No reason given.

Augustus, first Roman Emperor 27 BCE-14 CE.
Battle of Teutonberg Forest, Rome lost 3 legions (15k+) 9 CE.
Hadrian's Wall 122 CE+
Antonine Wall 142 CE+
Goths 238 CE +
Atilla 450 CE + (Battle of the Catalaunian Plains 451 CE)
Fall of Western Empire 476 CE.If the Roman Empire was so all-powerful, why did half of it fall in 476, why did the other half fall in 1453? Hell, Hadrian couldn't even keep the Parthians out of Mesopotamia after Trajan's death. You mean to tell me that Hadrian or Trajan could have gone right on through the Kushan Empire and straight into Han China with no opposition? A laughable concept.Also, any empire since then? Like the Mongol Empire (#2 after Vicki, Ed, and George), that took out half the Muslim conquests until the Mamelukes stopped them cold a thousand years after Hadrian?Out of respect for the mods, this will be my last response to your misrepresentations, next is a PNT. Show up or be forever labeled.Edited by anglagard, : Chill a bit, I really hate misrepresentations, particularly about history.Edited by anglagard, : Transposed Augustus reign, that would have been embarrassing.