Analysis of the Speculative Scenario: In this scenario, the Roman army of 50000 met with 5000 Arabs in the Italian peninsula, and the Arabs won but didn't conquer the City of Rome. The reason the Ar

The scenario could be that the Roman army and 5000 Arabs were fighting a battle in the Italian peninsula. The Romans had planned to take the City of Rome, but the Arabs managed to gain the upper hand and defeat the Romans army. As the Arabs were rallying their forces to attack Rome, they received news that the Roman emperor had hired a larger army of 100000 soldiers to defend the city. Faced with this news, the Arabs knew that they could not successfully conquer the city and thus decided to retreat from the Italian peninsula, leaving the Romans in control.