Spain vs Italy: who has had the most illustrious history?

[Cristiano viejo]

Here we go again

Do you know how many threads about Spain/Iberia they do every day?
Spaniards are the most famous ethnicity of Apricity. Without Spaniards this f00rum is nothing

Politically, and Militarily: Spain.

In Art, Literature, Science, and Philosophy: Italy.

Everything is relative, the Roman Empire was militarily a perfectly oiled machine, and in the other hand in Literature Spain has Miguel de Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Francisco Quevedo and a lot of more writers and poets of its Golden Age, plus painters and sculptors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Golden_Age
They were in top ever.

[Lábaru]

enjoy our culture or die trying

[Comte Arnau]

People tend to forget here that the Roman Empire was a huge country, not just Italy. Many of the important Romans you know were from all over the Mediterranean.

[Bell Beaker]

What was Spain compared to Portugal? We beated always Nuestros Hermanos in battle. Lucky bastards tried always to conquer our beautiful country!

[Ianus]

My answer is obvious, so I can't participate to the poll.

[Bloodsport]

Both, equally. Stupid thread.

[Smaug]

Italy.

[Cristiano viejo]

People tend to forget here that the Roman Empire was a huge country, not just Italy. Many of the important Romans you know were from all over the Mediterranean.

In fact some of the main Roman Emperors were Iberians...

What was Spain compared to Portugal? We beated always Nuestros Hermanos in battle. Lucky bastards tried always to conquer our beautiful country!

Dont be so childish, it´s not necessary doing such comments. Portugal also was defeated several times trying conquer Castilla.

[Armand_Duval]

In order of historic importance and protagonism.

1.- Italy and Greece about the same.
2.- Spain. and England, althoug maybe Spain gets the heads because having discovered Americn explored and conquered half of the world and originally coined the Frase:"The Empire where the Sun never Sets).
3.- France.
4.- Portugal and the Netherlands.
5.- Austro-Hungary.
6.-Germany.

[Ctwentysevenj]

Not including the Greeks, the Romans made Europe into modern governing states.