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Originally Posted by gunnut
The west is shaped and molded by the Roman Empire to this day. The west's influence upon this world can thusly be argued as Roman's influence upon this world, including Asia.
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The Romans influenced everyone. Directly. No need for intermediatries. This is an empire which had four African emperors, and an Arab.
And Roman empire was larger in Asia, then it ever was in Europe.
Rome carried out more than its share of atrocities, but at the end of the day, its influence was overall positive.
And oh BTW, Gunnut, there was no "proper" Roman Empire. It was Imperium Romanum period.