But the Romans didn’t have a stranglehold on a superpower country through religious cult fanatics. I don’t think. Honestly actually wouldn’t be surprised.
It’s more that they didn’t have the ability to destroy cities with a single bomb dropped from the upper atmosphere by a stealth bomber as a constant threat to anyone in the world who disagreed with Rome.
On a positive note, that attitude was a factor in the collapse of Rome - and the Romans had a much larger economy.
But the Romans didn’t have a stranglehold on a superpower country through religious cult fanatics. I don’t think. Honestly actually wouldn’t be surprised.
It’s more that they didn’t have the ability to destroy cities with a single bomb dropped from the upper atmosphere by a stealth bomber as a constant threat to anyone in the world who disagreed with Rome.