Roman Centurion: Killer commander who's brutal assaults led Rome to to conquer the world.
vs.
Persian Immortal: The elite foot soldier of the Persian who carved out the largest empire in the middle east.
WHO IS DEADLIEST
To find out, we've assembled a team of world class fighters to test history's most lethal weapons. Using 21st century science, we'll see what happens when the two warriors go to to toe.
No rules,. No safety. No mercy, it's a duel to the death to decide who is... THE DEADLIEST WARRIOR!
Here in our elite fight club we have gathered doctors, medical scientists and weapons experts to test out the lethal arsenals wielded by each of our combatants to determine who would win between two warriors who never met in history:
Roman Centurion
Circa: 120 A.D.
Height: 5'8''
Weight: 170 lbs.
Armor: Lorica Segmentata, Galea, Iron Greaves, Scutum
Persian Immortal
Circa: 500 B.C.
Height: 5'8''
Weight: 160 lbs.
Armor: Bronze Scail Mail, Gerron
''Today men, we have two soldiers from two of the best empires ever to exist do battle. The Roman Centurion will battle the Persian Immortal.''
''I'm siding with the Persian Immortal. While he may be inferior in terms of metallurgy, I think he is the better trained of the two because they were born for battle while the Centurion could become a killer.'' Geoff says
''I'll side with the Roman Centurion. I simply cannot overlook his superior armor, metals in his weapons and that he was the one who paved the way for Roman expansion and was part of the most professional army in the ancient world and part of one of the longest lasting empires. I think the Centurion is gonna win.'' Dorian replied back to Geoff
The Centurion brings an arsenal designed to conquer to the battlefield.
Short Range: Gladius
Mid-Range: Pilum
Long Range: Plumbata
Special: Dolabra
In turn the fierce Persian utilized iron weapons to paint the deserts with the blood of their enemies.
Short Range: Akinakes
Mid-Range: Spear
Long Range: Persian Bow
Special: Sagaris
Both warriors used two lethally designed swords to hack and slash away at their enemies. The Centurion gladius and the Persian akinakes.
The team then goes to review the footage of both weapons in action in their original matches and after a lengthy discussion they finally come to a conclusion.
''The Akinakes never really impressed me, the Gladius is made of the superior metal and when used in conjunction with the scutum, it's a deadly combination that's going to give the Persian a hard time.'' Geoff said
''Not to mention the lorica segmentata would most likely hold up against the akinakes whereas the gladius will have an easy time penetrating the bronze scail mail the Immortal wears. Edge Gladius.'' Dorian seconded
''I again find myself agreeing with your obviously valid points, edge Gladius.'' Mack says
In short range weapons the edge goes to the Roman Centurion for the Gladius.
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For mid-range weapons, both soldiers used deadly skewering tools to kill their opponents.
The team now review the testing of both weapons in action and an edge cannot not be decided due to similarities of both weapons and both being highly effective.
''This is a tough decision, both can be used in a vareity of ways, the pilum can be used as a missile weapon as well as up close whereas the spear has the ball end to hit you with stunning you and then he can stab you to death. I don't think I can give an edge in this category.'' Geoff said
''Personally I'd give the edge to the pilum solely based on it's secondary functionality as a missile weapon whereas the spear is only effective on foot. Also, what can I say? it's made of better metals and could definitely penetrate the bronze scale mail and well that wicker shield isn't going to stop it where I can see the scutum not being pierced much by the Persian's spear. Edge pilum.'' Dorian said
''I'm agreeing with doc on this one. Edge pilum.'' Mack finished
In mid-ranged weapons the edge goes to the Roman Centurion for the pilum.
Both warrriors utilized very different methods to take their foes down from a distance...as a matter of fact. For long range weapons the edge goes to the Persian Immortal for the bow.
''Getting the hang of it narrator!'' Geoff said to the narrator who was in the corner with a mic and holding a script
Whatever...I don't even get paid enough for this...I don't really give a shit cause I'm just the narrator...
And finally for special weapons, both our warriors used nasty skull cracking battle axes.
''I say even right off the bat because both have an axe head and a pick end. So I'm seeing they do similar damage to a body and damage to armor would be about the same since again, they can use the pick end to hit each other and basically do the same thing. It's even here. Geoff said
For special weapons, both warriors are even.
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''Time to review x-factors.'' Mack said overlooking a statistics display on the computer screen
''For training, the Centurion had a 98 to the Immortal's 88.''
''For physicality, the Centurion had a 93 to the Immortal's 89.''
''Killer instinct goes to the the Centurion with a 94 to the Immortal's 90.''
''Ferocity was dead even between both men with them each scoring an 88.''
''Lastly for endurance the Centurion scored higher with a 92 to the Immortal's 84.''
Our scientists and experts are done reviewing the testing of all the weapons data, now it is time to decide which warrior will win. The battle will be simulated 1,000 times to ensure a lucky blow does not end the battle unfairly.
''Let's see which empire wins.'' Mack said hitting the button
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We are brought to the deserts of what is modern day Turkey, the scene shows empty plains of desert before shifting to a scene with a field littered with the corpses of dead Roman legionaries and Persian soldiers.
A war has been brewing for some time now between Rome and the Persian empire.
A lone Roman centurion is seen walking through the corpse ridden battlefield being the lone survivor on his side of the battlefield searching for any surviving legionaries while unknown to him, a football field away a lone Persian Immortal is seen searching for any survivors on his side of the battlefield. The centurion hears footsteps and looks up to see the Immortal walking his way.
Feeling anger building in him, he takes a plumbata and with full force, throws it at the Immortal and just barely misses his head making the Persian jump back in surprise. He looks in the direction the plumbata came and upon noticing the lone Roman, he takes his bow and fires an arrow at the centurion. The centurion raises his scutum up just in time to block the arrow and peeking over his shield, another arrow hits in the galea and he tumbles from the force. The Persian then unsheathes his akinakes and charges the centurion.
Seeing a pilum next to a dead legionary, he picks it up and chucks it at the Persian who lifts his gerron up and the pilum goes right through it. Seeing his shield becoming unusable from the penetration, the immortal discards it mid way as the centurion braces himself for impact. The Persian comes within a few feet of the Roman and swings his akinakes sideways which only nicking away at the wood and the Roman responds with a thrust with his gladius cutting the Persian's arm and the immortal drops his sword and steps back to create a bit of distance.
Having drawn first blood, the Roman charges the wounded Persian and swings his gladius wildly. The Persian responds by taking a sper off the ground from one of his dead comrades and with a mighty thrust, uses the ball end to hit the scutum with enough force to stop the centurion in his charge and with another push, shoves the centurion away before flipping his spear around and thrusts into the scutum penetrating it. Seeing his spear penetrating the shield, the Persian twists it and raises his spear at an angle causing the Roman to let go of it and thrusts his spear again at the Roman hitting him square in his armor.
The Roman's lorica segmentata doing it's job and absorbs the blow and bending the spear at an awkward angle much to the Persian's surprise. Seeing his confused fow, the Roman goes for another swing of his gladius only for the Persian to respond with a swing of the ball end of his now useless spear and hits the Centurion in the galea knocking him sideways. The Persian then drops his spear and picks up a sagaris next to a dead comrade and with it, he brings the axe end down onto the centurion's shoulder with enough force to cut a quarter an inch into the segmentata.
The centurion tried to swing at the Persian behind him to no avail and instead grabs the sagaris and wrestles the Persian for control of it. The Persian kicks the centurion off his axe and into the ground before bringing his sagaris down again only for the centurion to roll out the way and get to his feet. The Persian's sagaris hitting the ground before he regains his posture and turns to face the Roman.
The centurion puts his gladius in its sheathe and walks over to a dead legionary and scoops up a dolabra and turns to face his enemy.
Both men stare each other down before the centurion charges first with his dolabra and swings it. The immortal blocks with the pike end of the sagaris, the centurion acts quick and draws his gladius and swings it at the Persian hitting him in his bronze scail mail, the armor protecting the Persian.
The Persian only grunts from the force of the blow before he takes his sagaris and swings the pike end into the Roman's side piercing through the segmentata and manages to hit flesh. The Roman yells in pain and goes for another another thrust only to be shoved away by the Persian and stumbles and falls back first onto the dirt.
Seeing an opportunity to finish the fight, the immortal goes to bring the pike end down onto the Roman's face only for the Roman to roll out the way and the pike end embeds into the dirt. Before the immortal can take the pike out the dirt the centurion stabs him in the side with his gladius, the armor of the Persian doing nothing to protect him. The immortal can only gasp in pain as the centurion swings the dolabra's pike end and pierces his back and is forced to his knee.
The Roman then swings his gladius and slices the Persian across the face leaving horrid gashes and swings again and slices the Persian's neck severing all his major arteries. The helpless Persian puts both hands on his neck as blood spews out and looks up to the Roman. With one final move, the centurion thrusts his gladius down onto the immortal's skull and cuts all the way to the brain stem.
Letting go of the handle of his gladius, he watches as the Persian's corpse falls over on its back.
Having won the battle, he raises both arms high into the sky yells ''Quia gloria Romae !''
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Winner: Roman Centurion
Roman Centurion: 574
Gladius: 226
Pilum: 187
Plumbata: 8
Dolabra: 153
Persian Immortal: 426
Akinakes: 134
Spear: 110
Persian Bow: 30
Sagaris: 152
Following a battle between two ancient empire's deadliest soldiers, the Roman Centurion wins a glorious victory. He claimed 57.4% of the wins due to his superior armor and the metallurgy of all his weapons allowed him to steam roll over the Persian Immortal.
''It makes sense, the Roman had much better metals in his weapons. Taking his armor into account there was nothing the Persian could've done to pierce through it. He has a balanced and powerful arsenal but they were made of inferior metals. Looks like Rome wins this battle and rightfully does.'' Geoff commented
(The centurion is seen making the long trek back to Rome. He will warn the Emperor of the threat of the Persians and is confident that his empire will crush the Persians and claim more land than ever before. In his hand is the Persian's sagaris.)