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This is an old article but the search came up empty. I would think if any of the Marines had expertise in metallurgy or find allies who have that knowledge they could start fashioning rifled muskets. Cortes with an army in the hundreds took down the Aztecs by finding allies, disease, and using the local resources to repair and build new weapons.
1 posted on 02/17/2017 10:16:40 AM PST by C19fan
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Yes...as long as they don’t run out of gas!


2 posted on 02/17/2017 10:18:48 AM PST by rlmorel (Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
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That would one LONG supply line.


3 posted on 02/17/2017 10:18:51 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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In a similar vein: What if in April of the year 2000, a six-mile sphere centered on Grantville, West Virginia was displaced in space and time to Germany and May, 1631. The inhabitants of Grantville decided to start the American revolution early; the nobility of Europe were not amused.

go to: http://1632.org/

It is a great series of historical fantasy books. I’ve read them all, and 2 or 3 new volumes are added every year.


4 posted on 02/17/2017 10:21:02 AM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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One of the great Internet classics. Worth reading.


5 posted on 02/17/2017 10:21:36 AM PST by ctdonath2 (Understand the Left: "The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the Revolution.")
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I do not believe a single unit could destroy the Roman legions. They would have run out of supplies (and men) before reaching the capital.

The Romans were not equivalent to the inferior Aztecs.

It would take more than a single unit to defeat the combined might (300,000 well trained warriors) of the Roman Empire.


7 posted on 02/17/2017 10:23:21 AM PST by Flavious_Maximus
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Kirk in “Time Tunnel” sent Jiggs back to the plains of Troy with a machine gun and grenades....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95IOCHJWeec
(~28:00)


9 posted on 02/17/2017 10:26:52 AM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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Reminiscent of the Lost Regiment series by William Forstchen.


11 posted on 02/17/2017 10:28:19 AM PST by Windcatcher (Time to fly the other black flag -- one of no quarter for Marxists.)
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My guess is they would win a few early battles then the Romans would adapt and eventually destroy them. That is assuming their supplies were unlimited.

Other wise it would be over after a couple of engagements.


14 posted on 02/17/2017 10:31:06 AM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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Reminds me of the old Twilight Zone episode where Warren Oates with his crew and their Sherman tank found themselves at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Cool concept.


15 posted on 02/17/2017 10:31:07 AM PST by MCRD
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Not sure, but if Skynet sent a Terminator back...


16 posted on 02/17/2017 10:32:40 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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No. Eventually the Marines would be destroyed.

They would win as long as they had fuel and ammo, then lose.

Even if they could reload ammo, recharge batteries, and make their own lower tech weapons, the logistic challenges of staying ahead of consumption would eventually cause them to be overwhelmed.

The Romans, after learning that pitched battles end in disaster, would cut them off from food (scorched earth) and use guerilla tactics to disrupt them. (Read about Fabius Cuncator - Fabius the Delayer)

Eventually, logistics and friction would grind the unit down and it would be destroyed.

However, Romans are nothing, if not pragmatic. The Marines could become wealthy Roman Citizens if they decided to join the Republic or Empire and employ their weapons and expertise on the Romans’ behalf.


17 posted on 02/17/2017 10:35:04 AM PST by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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Its amusing to speculate about things like this but given the support and infrastructure necessary to support a Marine unit that wouldn’t be available in 150 AD, the answer is no. After the Marines destroyed the Romans in a battle or two, they’d run out of fuel and bullets, etc. and it would turn into hand-to-hand combat. The Romans would overwhelm them.


20 posted on 02/17/2017 10:39:26 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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Interesting; I'll read more of this. My take on it is that the Romans were tough but they weren't stupid. Their generals would surrender, and they would let the Marines step in as the new Roman government. Even Caesar Augustus would probably not order something as stupid as attacks against an MEU. They would have no idea how logistically limited the MEU was (if it had the fuel to reach Rome), and they would have no stomach for facing firearms.


21 posted on 02/17/2017 10:40:28 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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With an infinite supply of all the modern weaponry and other necessities (in other words, no supply lines to worry about), Roman Legions couldn’t get within a mile of a modern Army unit, never mind Marine unit. imo


22 posted on 02/17/2017 10:41:19 AM PST by LibWhacker
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No. They would run rampant for a while. But as supplies, fuel and ammo ran low, they would grind to a stop in a perimeter. The Romans weren’t idiots and would soon learn, understand, and adapt to the new threat.


23 posted on 02/17/2017 10:43:54 AM PST by DesertRhino
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Are they allowed to have tactical nukes?


24 posted on 02/17/2017 10:47:22 AM PST by Vic S
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for later


25 posted on 02/17/2017 10:48:37 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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There is a series that covers this, but it was the JSDF and a Roman analogue and dragons and magic, but it has a pretty good idea on what would happen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqoHn1v2JXA

about 2:45 is when the carnage really starts....

Romans vs. Modern millitary


26 posted on 02/17/2017 10:49:29 AM PST by GraceG (Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
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1,000 marines with modern weapons? Easily. A roman legion at full strength was about 5,000 men, and even if they combined several legions they could field an army of a few 10,000s at best. It would be a complete turkey shoot. The marines could form alliances to garrison the areas they moved on from.

As for whether a US Marine would be physically tougher than a Roman Legionary, that’s pretty debatable. The men of the Roman Legions were extremely tough, and would have grown up from birth living a much more arduous childhood and life than the average American in the 20th or 21st Century. They were drilled and pushed to absolute limit and discipline was enforced by ways far too harsh to be allowed today. I would probably say, if they fought on equal terms, with swords and shields, the Legionaries would win. JMHO.


28 posted on 02/17/2017 10:52:26 AM PST by sinsofsolarempirefan
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate_(novel_series) When a portal from another world appears in Ginza, Tokyo, a legion of soldiers and monsters emerge to attack the city. Thanks to their far more advanced weaponry and tactics, the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) easily repels the enemy, passes through the gate and establish a forward base of operations to force the Roman-styled empire of the other world to open peace negotiations. Yōji Itami is a JSDF officer sent to investigate the other world, where magic, dragons and elves are real, using his knowledge of fantasy stories to make his way in this new environment.[3]
29 posted on 02/17/2017 10:52:58 AM PST by GraceG (Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
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