View Poll Results: If Alexander the Great invades Italy, what will be the outcome?

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  • Rome will be utterly vanquished

    44 55.70%
  • It would be a stalemate - or it would be a close match

    10 12.66%
  • Alexander will be utterly vanquished

    19 24.05%
  • They will reach a diplomatic solution - Rome as a client state

    6 7.59%
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Thread: Alexander VS Rome, who wins?

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    Default Re: Alexander VS Rome, who wins?

    Quote Originally Posted by bobbin View Post
    If alexander had gone after the Romans as the were in his lifetime he would have most likely crushed them, mainly because their armies were still hoplite based being very similar to what Alexander was used to fighting in greece and so he would know how to effectively counter them.

    Also there would have been plenty of neighbouring peoples that would have happily joined Alexander against the Romans such as the Samintes and Latins.
    Not all the Romans thought as hoplites, only the Triarii? Not sure my source is EB
    Im not sure wether a foreign invader like Alexander would have allies, generally the samnites would be wanting to stay independent- Alexander might not be the safest bet. And the Latins would pretty much be under tight Roman control by then- the Romans won the Latin war in 338 BC - same date as the battle of Chaeronae.
    Last edited by alexanderthegreater; 12-25-2009 at 00:17.

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