Quote Originally Posted by WinsingtonIII View Post
Well, the point I was trying to make overall was that realistically neither would have invaded the other because there was really not much of a point from either perspective. For the sake of demonstration I was assuming the Romans were invading, not that I really thought either actually would. So the fact that the Chinese did have expansionist tendencies (note that I never said they didn't, I just feel like the Romans had a more expansionist attitude; but I'm not trying to prove anything here or state that this is a fact) really doesn't change much because my post was primarily speculation about an event that I felt was extremely unlikely in the first place.
And I'm saying that the Chinese were equally expansionistic.

China's cultural heartland:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Xia_dynasty.svg

to Han controlled China at its greatest extents in Central Asia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ta...rca_700_CE.png

and SW:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ming-Empire2.jpg

Which rivalled the size of the Roman empire.


The only thing similar between the Chinese and Romaioi is that they're both the respective One True Barbaroi in their side of the world.
Nope :-p
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mongol_Empire_map.gif