Could a Marine platoon defeat a whole Roman Legion?

This video analyzes how would a rifle platoon of modern-day US marines do against a whole Roman legion. What does each side have? What tactical options do both sides have? And how would the geography, morale or logistics influence the outcome?

Images used in the thumbnail:
3 Images of Romans and 1 of Marines, all altered works.

Roman legion reenactment show by Legio XV, at Pram, Austria images By Matthias Kabel [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)]

USMC photo by Lance Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde (US DoD, Public domain) 

Some vectors used in video from Freepik
https://www.freepik.com/free-photos-v...

Music by Matija Malatestinic
http://www.malatestinic.com

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