Biggest Enemy to Rome?!?!

[C.Maximus]

I'm interested in what people think, who was Rome's worst enemy. Was it Phyrrus (Pyrros)? Hannibal? Mithridates? Antiochus? Someone not on here? (I wont make it a poll because there are many leaders or peoples that gave Rome a hard time that i will forget to mention.

I feel Hannibal gave Rome the biggest scare, invading their home country, defeating every legion that was sent after him. However, Mithridates pushed the Romans off of Asia minor multiple times before they finally rallied to bring him down. I am interested to hear what others have to say on this, or if it even becomes a topic of interest.

[Miszel]

Romans were own worst enemies.

[Altimis]

The one whom destroy the Rome

[Pyrrhus the Molossian]

Hannibal of course. When you affect a people's psyche so bad they use you to scare their children you've done aomething right.

[Jokern]

Mehmed II.

[Mathiask1]

Spartacus.
People say he's just a legend, however i truly believe he was real, and fought the Romans

[Zeybek]

Spartacus.
People say he's just a legend, however i truly believe he was real, and fought the Romans

Everyone beleives that hes real. Pretty solid evidence.

And as for outside threats (structural weaknesses/etc. become too jarring and complex) Hannibal definitely.

[DogSoldierSPQR]

Spartacus.
People say he's just a legend, however i truly believe he was real, and fought the Romans

Spartacus was overhyped. No way he could've defeated the Whole Roman empire. He just got off some good ambushes and surprise tactics. Once that good army came his way, he got devoured. Although his body was never found...

[Miszel]

Mehmed II.

Nah, Ottoman threat was created by romans themselves, their quarellness and tendency for civil wars.

[C.Maximus]

Mehmed II.

Interesting answer, the Ottomans were the ultimate fall of the "Roman Empire." However, is the Byzantine Empire or "Eastern Roman Empire" still even the "Roman Empire" at this point? Shouldn't they call themselves Constantinoplians ? I think they just went easy and called themselves Greek no?

But it seems Hannibal was the biggest enemy, or atleast majority leans that way... Its interesting though because Hannibal was so early in the Roman history... Anyone in Late Roman history give them a run for their money? perhaps Attila ? nah he was stopped by priests... the Visigoths... the German tribes?

[cupoftea]

Brennus.

[Miszel]

Interesting answer, the Ottomans were the ultimate fall of the "Roman Empire." However, is the Byzantine Empire or "Eastern Roman Empire" still even the "Roman Empire" at this point? Shouldn't they call themselves Constantinoplians ? I think they just went easy and called themselves Greek no?

Nah, they were calling themselves Romans to the very end. Where the heck do you get your informations from?

[C.Maximus]

Nah, they were calling themselves Romans to the very end. Where the heck do you get your informations from?

Well I guess I made a logical guess which was wrong, I based it off of the huge difference between Rome total war Rome and Byzantine Rome with culture and even religion (being the lead of the Orthodox and breaking away from "Roman" Catholic) But I guess I never looked into how they saw themselves. I guess Rome was the source of their empire so it would make sense to continue to call yourself Roman even after you have moved even the capital of your empire.


-- And I meant this to be more of an open ended question then a poll, I dont know every single enemy of Rome, so I thought a poll would limit the thread, my appologies of this new thread annoyed you..

[Mamertine]

The ancient Romans (of the Republic) had two great enemies. One was Hannibal and the other was Pyrrhus. Hannibal Barca was considered a "Boogey Man" while Pyrrhus was considered an honorable enemy. True story.

The Imperial Romans was a different story.

[Reptilicus]

Antiochus

Otherwise,i`ll agree with Miszel. All that civil strife ultimately led to their downfall,amongst other factors.

[|Sith|Galvanized Iron]

Arminius and Spartacus of course!

[the count]

Hannibal could have destroyed Rome if only he wasnt so stubborn.

I also think that the biggest threat came from the inside, they fought too much amongst themselves.

[CheesyFreak]

hannibal for reasons stated.

[Ser Hodorius]

I think the Cimbrii and the Teutones were great threats, too, in the 2.century bc. They were one of the major reasons which led to the Marian reforms. They annihilated 3 roman armies in a row, and the Roman Republic would be done, if they chose to settle down in Italy, instead they wandered through half Europe, and later both tribes were annihilated.

[Igor85]

Hannibal, he occupied south Italy for quite a time and had the chance to conquer rome. If he had won, history would have changed.