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Um, Primuspilus, well yeah, but big armies usually have their fair share of mutinies, that is expected. But overall the Roman army was a very efficient team that worked together skillfully. Fafnir, its called "The Fall of Reach", one of the Halo books, I just finished reading it.

Um, technically, there were pure-blooded romans. I mean, I see your point, but... Roman people, pure blooded, were just Latin folk, so I would like to correct what I said earlier by saying that in order for you to find a pure-blooded roman, you would have to go off of the known latin DNA stuff. But Latium (Italy), the place that surrounded Rome were not citizens of Rome until rome conquered them. They were given a higher rank in the "peregrine" class because of their closeness to the Roman society. Other people were just "peregrines", for example, the Jews, a conquered people were not granted Roman citizenship, but rather were treated like dogs, so they would not be related in anyway to the Roman's. Same with the Britains, after being conquered, I'm sure some blood was mixed together, but a very small portion. So, I think that it is possible to find a pure blooded roman, just that it would be very hard.

Roman Tactics at Home I think Rome collapsed upon itself due to the stree of everything, death toll, lack of leadership and such stuff like that. But they were the "greatest" army ever, as you can see by looking at their empire. The only other army that I think could stand and fight on the same level(given the same technology/weapons and such) would be the German Nazis. Don't get me wrong, I'm no skin head, but they were both at their times, very powerful. The Roman army, par example, was built upon its soldiers, and how quick they could move (correct me, but I think it was 25 miles a day for each legion). The Nazis and their "Lightning Strikes" could travel extremely fast and capture places easily, and unexpectantly (Poland...and other countries). The comparison can be seen, can't it? With the United States Army, well, Freedom is food for the mind, the more you have, the more decisions you will want to be able to make (I'm still gonna join the Marines though...WOOT! ). Romans didn't have that problem order s we obeyed without question, so naturally they would have risen to the top of the world very quickly. With fearless soldiers and brilliant leaders, they were destined to make it there. Fafnir: its called "The Battle of Thermopylae", where 300 Spartans held their last stand fighting against Xerxes and the Persian army. They killed over 600 men before the last Spartan died.

Well, I'm no scholar, but I think it is not possible. I think that unless you had lots of money, you couldn't go around testing everyone to see if they we're a pure blooded roman, and being able to tell if they are pure-blooded would be even more difficult. I would think that it would just be a bunch of people trying to relive a dream of a past civilization. I do think however, that if there was a new Roman empire, I wouldn't join it, Americana for me, I like the freedom I have here.

I'm here until I'm there...