>>76609205
>Roman's didn't conquer from being strong individually. They weren't. They were nerds, engineers more than fighters. Organization beat strength.
LOOOOL. Romans were the exact opposite of nerds. They were one of the most martial, rugged, patriarchal cultures to ever exist, and constantly made fun of Greeks, Persians, and Egyptians for being too effeminate.
They were hyper normies who expected you to have a decorated military career in order to be taken seriously. Crassus, the richest man of Ancient times, felt so insecure about not having military glory down his belt that he met his demise trying to conquer Parthia.
Augustus was also famously so insecure about not having seen the battlefield he basically invented what we know as propaganda to propagate fake stories about his prowess in battle to alter his image as a pipsqueak.