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The largest Roman army to ever take the battle field was in 216 BC at the battle of Cannae against Hannibal. The Roman army numbered 85,000 to 110,000 depending on the different sources. Hannibal's army numbered around 35,000 to 45,000. And guess what the Romans lost, hell they didn't just loss they got annihilated. They lost 85% of the army that day. According to some accounts the Roman's dead numbered around 50,000 to 70,000 and another 10,000 to 15,000 captured. The battle on Cannae introduced a new concept in warfare, the Battle of Annihilation. If one takes that the mid range of the number of Roman's dead of 60,000, Cannae was the single bloodiest one day battle in Human history even to this day. Only the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan surpass it.
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∙ 12y agoThe Roman Empire was at it's height of territory area at around 117 CE when Emperor Trajan conquered a quarter of the Persian empire along with it's the capital city , and largest city, armenia, part of Saudi Arabia, and also had half of present day Scotland in it's Posession. it was at it's climax of power larger then Alexander the great's macedonian empire and also slighty larger then the achemendid Persian empire which Alexander conquered.
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∙ 11y agoThe Roman army, at its greatest number of soldiers was about 220,000 men or about 44 legions. This is figuring upon a legion of 5,000. This massive number of men came about when Octavian defeated Marc Antony and took over Antony's legions in addition to his own plus the other European legions which were in places like Spain, Gaul and Germany. Incidentally, Octavian soon pared down the army to a more reasonable number, by combining some legions, and retiring veterans.
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What was Rome?
Imperial Rome was the Roman Empire, which was the second largest empire antiquity saw and the 17th largest in history.
How many people lived in ancient rome?
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Which Roman era lasted the longest the Roman monarchy the Roman Republic the Western Roman Empire or the Byzantine Empire?
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What empire ruled Egypt in the 2nd century AD?
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What was the largest empire in the western world since the Roman Empire?
Superion Empire Superion? The largest empire in the western world since the Roman empire was the British empire.
What was the roman empire ranked in position?
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Who is emperor was responsible for extending the boundaries of roman empire?
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What was one of the largest empires in world history?
i think the roman empire was the strongest empire but the largest to me was the british empire
What empire was the largest of the ancient civilizations?
Roman.
What was Rome?
Imperial Rome was the Roman Empire, which was the second largest empire antiquity saw and the 17th largest in history.
The Roman Empire what is the largest during which emperor's rules?
The Roman Empire reached its greatest extent under Trajan
What is the name of the largest arena in the roman empire?
Coluseum
What was the second largest city in the Roman Empire?
Ephesus
Was the Islamic empire the biggest empire?
It is difficult to answer. are you asking the biggest in size or in population and if in population it depends on the relative world population at that time. Any how, refer to links belowfor more information.
Was Rome imperialism?
Imperial Rome was the Roman Empire, which was the second largest empire antiquity saw and the 17th largest in history.
What was imperial Rome?
Imperial Rome was the Roman Empire, which was the second largest empire antiquity saw and the 17th largest in history.
