When we thought the discussion was standing still, we find subjective absurdities such as this.

Quote Originally Posted by SignifierOne
Well look, we're not comparing Rome to China, since that's not the context for this thread or for the mod. Heck we're not even comparing it to Armenia or Persia, though it could easily sustain that comparison.
Explain this. "Persia" as a whole, or more accurately the Greater Iran may not have had the great impact on general European culture like the Graeco-Romans, indeed, no man claims the contrary lest he be a fool. Nor do any of us in the team propagate for cultural relativism, but I'd say that given the miraculous survival of unsupported barrel vaults, the revolutionary application of a dome and other architectural feats, including giant citadels, circumvallation and castles of such impressive architectural qualities as the Dêzhbâr and the Arg-î Bam, the Hyrcanian defensive wall, and the peculiar Parthian battery... You must be joking me if you think Rome could "easily sustain comparison" with Persia. Even in spite of Islamic and Classicist attempts of downplaying the achievements and culture of Êrânshahr as an age and area of ignorants and barbarians, you will lose. Trajan's attempt at conquering Parthia is nothing compared to the crisis of the Byzantine empire when Shahrbarâz and Shâhîn of the Sûrên-Pahlavân had made themselves comfortable enough to sit firmly in Chalcedon, reaching as far as the backyard of Carthage. My enemies will not only lose, but their schools of thought will be crushed, and I will make sure of it.

I have not assumed the title Marzbân-î Jundîshâpûr for the sake of my own amusement.