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The Carthaginian Empire expanded over ~400 years, and never penetrated far from coasts (per design, but also illustrating the limitations of transportation at t
by ethbro 7y ago
The Carthaginian Empire expanded over ~400 years, and never penetrated far from coasts (per design, but also illustrating the limitations of transportation at that time).
The Roman Republic / Empire expanded over ~600 years.
We may have different definitions of "power projection."
Mine does not include "we'll eventually be there, after everyone who is alive today has lived a full life and died of natural causes."
- marcusverus 7y agoYou are confusing projecting power over a sphere of influence with expanding the sphere of influence within which one can project power. These empires ruled over vast areas of land by threat of force. That is projection of power. The fact that they later projected power over a larger area has no bearing on this.
- ethbro 7y agoYou're missing my point. How much would the Japanese have cared about what Rome thought? Vs now.