08-19-2004, 05:26 AM
Avete !<br>
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Well for me the worst military defeat is the one that you can never completely recover from. So I agree with the last commentator and with Pompeius that Adrianople tops all other defeats for Rome. The sheer scale of the disaster permanently crippled the Western empire and thus had the most dire consequences.<br>
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Now if we're leaving out reprecussions of individual defeats, I'd say Cannae was the worst defeat for Rome. But for me reprecussions are the determining factor. Rome emerged stronger after the Punic Wars, not weaker.<br>
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Valete.<br>
-Theo <p></p><i></i>
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Well for me the worst military defeat is the one that you can never completely recover from. So I agree with the last commentator and with Pompeius that Adrianople tops all other defeats for Rome. The sheer scale of the disaster permanently crippled the Western empire and thus had the most dire consequences.<br>
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Now if we're leaving out reprecussions of individual defeats, I'd say Cannae was the worst defeat for Rome. But for me reprecussions are the determining factor. Rome emerged stronger after the Punic Wars, not weaker.<br>
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Valete.<br>
-Theo <p></p><i></i>
Jaime
