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technological advantage? don't kid yourself. Han China was at the forefront of human technological advancement at a time - many key technologies of the Han were literally 100s years ahead of anything the Romans, and the rest of the world for that matter, could come up with.
Roman artileries? what are you talking about? siege weaponaies? - go youtube the Han empire siege weaponaries which would make the Roman ones look like childplay.
You're welcome, panda. But my ancestors were amongst them, too!
Now go educate yourself and compare it with the true technological superpower at a time- the Han (Note that the following was only Qin empire - The Han was much more powerful and larger than Qin):
Terracotta Army was an awesome fighting machine with weapons so powerful they could kill an enemy with a single arrow | Daily Mail Online
Making Weapons for the Terracotta Army | Martinón-Torres | Archaeology International
Exquisite Weaponry Excavated from Terra Cotta Warriors Pits
China's Terra-Cotta Army: 5 Things You Should Know | TIME.com
What’s so special… and spatial… about the Terracotta Army?
Ancient Impossible (2014) s01e04 Episode Script | SS
There's absolutely nothing of superior value in these links you quoted, except perhaps standardization. If you are refering to arrows that could penetrate armor, well, the lance could do it too, furthermore it was designed to penetrate shield with its enlarged tip, so the rest of the body of the spear can travel the distance to the body, being pushed from behind with it's own weight. If it did not do that, it was designed to deform after impact, causing the shield bearer to either discard the shield or be forced to carry an unwieldy shield with a spear attached, quite inconvenient in melee combat.
The crossbow aspect, while good, would be easily negated in open field with Roman artillery. Furthermore, crossbow arrow is not as long to penetrate both shield and armor, plus i doubt it has the force required to fully penetrate them both, causing fatal injury.
Mate, look, you quoting me is highly unwanted. You are rude and uninformed and have a severe complex disorder. You probably have noticed noone really replies to you, except the ones who are paid to. It's for a reason, so, please, keep interacting with me to a minimum until you manage to grow up.