Originally Posted by
BurningEGO
"Some sucesses"? He never got defeated by the romans! (Pyrrhus)
The results arent the point. The point is, that the roman war machine wasnt that "awesome". After all their warfare was based on what? Sending wave after wave. Overwhelming numbers over and over again instead of using their brain.
Even despite the countless fiascos Rome suffered, for example, during the 2nd Punic war, they managed to win in the end. That just shows how big their manpower pool/economy was. And that yes, was Rome's greatest strength.
Whenever facing someone who used some sort of "hellenic warfare", in equal grounds (and sometimes even with a vast superiority), they lost. Rome always lacked proper cavalry, and given the fact that heavy infantry units are slow, their enemies always exploited that weakness to deliver a blow either on the flanks or in the rear.
You can easily see that in Cannae, for example. Although in that battle the carthaginian infantry also had an important role.