07-24-2020, 11:42 AM
This is caused by a number of factors to take into consideration.
First, the ancient Roman warfare during the last days of the empire started declining. This was partly due to the fact that there wasn't enough gold to pay her legions, and we find that auxiliary units became popular. And keep in mind, these soldiers on the frontier of her Empire were not Roman. They were mercenaries from all walks of life.
If you fast forward through the centuries, you will begin to see that the Romans of say 50 B.C. to now 2020, the people (the Italic people of Italy) have changed so much, that now it's dichotomy of culture, mentality and a great many things more.
It is safe to say that the true Romans of old, only exist now dispersed genetically with a lot of other European peoples. And today, the Italians comprise many other cultures and factions which have interbred throughout the centuries.
Also let us not forget the policies Rome had in place for citizenship. Anybody from virtually any culture and civilization, (race and creed) could become a Roman citizen. So you have a scenario where, you are influencing the Roman populous more and more through the years of that happening, where eventually, the very "pure" fabric of her people got interwoven with these "cultural" differences...
So today, what we call Italians, are not true "Romans" and therefore there can be no argument or comparison.
First, the ancient Roman warfare during the last days of the empire started declining. This was partly due to the fact that there wasn't enough gold to pay her legions, and we find that auxiliary units became popular. And keep in mind, these soldiers on the frontier of her Empire were not Roman. They were mercenaries from all walks of life.
If you fast forward through the centuries, you will begin to see that the Romans of say 50 B.C. to now 2020, the people (the Italic people of Italy) have changed so much, that now it's dichotomy of culture, mentality and a great many things more.
It is safe to say that the true Romans of old, only exist now dispersed genetically with a lot of other European peoples. And today, the Italians comprise many other cultures and factions which have interbred throughout the centuries.
Also let us not forget the policies Rome had in place for citizenship. Anybody from virtually any culture and civilization, (race and creed) could become a Roman citizen. So you have a scenario where, you are influencing the Roman populous more and more through the years of that happening, where eventually, the very "pure" fabric of her people got interwoven with these "cultural" differences...
So today, what we call Italians, are not true "Romans" and therefore there can be no argument or comparison.
