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June 7th, 2012, 04:42 AM
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#1 | | Lecturer
Joined: Oct 2011 From: Norway Posts: 423 | How fast would a Modern military beat a military from Ancient times
Let say that the modern British military and the Ancient Roman military went to war with each other. How long do you think the Roman miliraty could hold out against a modern British military.
i say maby the Romans could hold out for 2-3 days at most
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June 7th, 2012, 04:51 AM
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#2 | | This title is too lo
Joined: Apr 2010 From: T'Republic of Yorkshire Posts: 16,070 |
A hundred Romans against a hundred modern soldiers? About 15 minutes, if that.
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June 7th, 2012, 05:43 AM
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#3 | | Scholar
Joined: May 2012 From: Franklin, TN Posts: 560 |
A few minutes.
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June 7th, 2012, 06:04 AM
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#4 | | Citizen
Joined: May 2012 From: London Posts: 33 |
100 ancient Greek/Roman elite Soldiers V 100 elite Soldiers of today...
Hand to Hand... The Ancients
With weapons of the day... depends on how well the ancients can hide and on the terrain... But I'd say a day or two at the most before they are totally subdued....
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Last edited by ErodedPebble; June 7th, 2012 at 06:19 AM.
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June 7th, 2012, 06:21 AM
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#5 | | Historian
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 4,070 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Corto Maltese  Let say that the modern British military and the Ancient Roman military went to war with each other. How long do you think the Roman miliraty could hold out against a modern British military.
i say maby the Romans could hold out for 2-3 days at most | The time it would take to occupy the empire. Basically, it would be a problem of logistics. Since the Roman Empire was 6,000 km west to east and thus could take several weeks/months before the whole territory was occupied.
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June 7th, 2012, 06:22 AM
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#6 | | Lecturer
Joined: Sep 2010 Posts: 442 |
the ancient warriors would be dead before they ever saw the modern ones
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June 7th, 2012, 06:24 AM
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#7 | | Historian
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 4,070 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Naomasa298 A hundred Romans against a hundred modern soldiers? About 15 minutes, if that. | The ancient close formations would be ideal for modern weapons: shooting 100 men like that: 
Would take 1 minute for a modern machine gun to kill them all. They wouldn't know what happened.
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June 7th, 2012, 06:25 AM
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#8 | | Epicurean
Joined: Mar 2009 From: Texas Posts: 23,945 |
You're not saying if they're armed or not. But going with the premise that it
is hand to hand, then I'll easily go with a modern day force.
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June 7th, 2012, 06:26 AM
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#9 | | Scholar
Joined: Mar 2012 From: New Hampshire Posts: 987 | Quote:
Originally Posted by PubliusBassus A few minutes. | Be fair, the ancient militaries were large and spread out. It could take several hours for the helicopters and planes to root them all out. 
@Guaporense: Alternatively it could take a grenade launcher even less time to destroy a formation like that.
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June 7th, 2012, 06:29 AM
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#10 | | This title is too lo
Joined: Apr 2010 From: T'Republic of Yorkshire Posts: 16,070 |
One shot from a modern weapon and the ancient military would be on its knees worshipping the modern soldiers as gods. Lightning and thunder from their hands, anyone?
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