The only hole I'd pick is that the Phalanx Unit tactics originated with Greek Hoplites. Then again the Romans pilfered so much from Greece...
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It wasn't pilfering, it was conquest. Rome conquered Greece militarily; Greece conquered Rome culturally. By the time of Christ, Rome's principal language was Greek, its primary religion was worship of the Greek pantheon (under new names), and many other things were absorbed as well.
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Dude, they appropriated and renamed the Greek pantheon 😂
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Exactly. Normally when one culture conquers another, they bring in their own religion. The Romans conquered Greece, but adopted the Greek pantheon: Zeus became Jupiter, Poseidon became Neptune, etc.
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They didnt exactly absorb Greek culture. They stole it wholesale. Art, sculptures, gods...LOL
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<Except Roman sculptures have eyebrows and Greek ones don't.>
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Not even the eyebrows were sacred...😔
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Hmmm... so if the conquerers force the defeated to adopt their culture, they're doing forced assimilation. And if they adopt the culture of the people they conquer, they're stealing it. No way for the imperialist pricks to win, is there?
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Thing is I remember the source I used mentioned the Greeks, but never defined it as the original users.
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Edited by Bieltan: 7/26/2018 3:26:47 PMGreek Phalanxes fought the Persian Empire multiple times, which was before the time of the Roman Empire or even the Republic. They lost every battle until the Persians set foot in Greece, whereupon the Persians were brought to resounding defeat at every engagement bar Thermopylae.