[quote=@Pepperm1nts] Well, no, not really. The Empire survives, but society and technology still changes. EDIT: To elaborate - Roman military strategy would change to meet the standards of whatever era it survives in. And with former barbarians (and conquered peoples) assimilated into the Empire, you'd be looking at a very multicultural, and multilingual empire that only distantly identifies as Roman. [/quote] I hope you get decimated for thinking the romans would just abandon their formations and latin like that. They didn't for the last 600 years, why now? Sure the shield designs and politics change, sure some modifications to strategy to deal with new threats, but radical changes in how the roman army structured itself I don't recall being a thing. The romans were a pretty traditionalist society and this RP only takes place in the year 600. Romans will be quite christian, but other than maybe switching out red shields for lavender ones and bringing Calvary into the mix, I don't really see them changing too much in regards to military. Barbarians are made civilized pepper, not emulated.