[Sherman Logan]

the Armenian Empire extended from the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean and became, for a short time, the strongest state east of the Roman Empire.

Till you hit Han China, that is.

The Armenians were no match for the Romans in combat (of course, neither was anybody else) and their empire lasted only until the Romans took a brief break in their civil wars and wrecked it.

[SunkenCiv]

If Laz were here, and we showed him Han China...

;’)