[Rockingham]

There are nevertheless parallels between the US and Roman ways of war: a preference for simple, direct strategies reliant on superior force; avoidance of unnecessary casualties; the recruitment of allies; a high quality of weapons and military technology; massive logistical capabilities; a willingness to learn from defeats; frequent wars; and a determination to win any they got into.

Through war, we fashioned a free nation on a continental scale, and then we remade the world so that it is safe for America and our ideals by winning three world wars: WW I, WW II, and the Cold War. Indeed, if we look to the world as it was in 1914 and as it is today, we have accomplished many of the goals declared by Wilson. Today, as with the Roman world, the bad and dangerous places in the world are where American power and influence are shunned.

[Sherman Logan]

Agreed. Though I suspect most of your parallels apply to all nations with a long history of successful warfare.