Which empire is your candidate for the title of 'geatest'? Please don't feel constrained by the options in the poll, I merely presented some of the more well known options.
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128British Empire28.91%37French Colonial Empire0.00%0Roman Empire37.50%48Holy Roman Empire1.56%2Macedonian Empire of Alexander the Great5.47%7Mongol Empire16.41%21Incan Empire0.78%1Persian Empire2.34%3Mughal Empire3.91%5French Empire of Napoleon3.13%4"I may be drunk my dear woman, but in the morning I will be sober, and you will still be ugly." WSCTags: None
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Originally posted by scotsboyukWhich empire is your candidate for the title of 'geatest'? Please don't feel constrained by the options in the poll, I merely presented some of the more well known options.“He was the most prodigious personification of all human inferiorities. He was an utterly incapable, unadapted, irresponsible, psychopathic personality, full of empty, infantile fantasies, but cursed with the keen intuition of a rat or a guttersnipe. He represented the shadow, the inferior part of everybody’s personality, in an overwhelming degree, and this was another reason why they fell for him.”
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Originally posted by TopHatterProbably the one that the sun never set upon....can't remember the name off the top of my head....
Seriously though, why do you say the British Empire?
Incidentally, considering what you are reading, many consider the dusk to have finally fallen on January 24th 1965 ..."I may be drunk my dear woman, but in the morning I will be sober, and you will still be ugly." WSC
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Historical context makes such choices a bit haphazard, but I vote for the British Empire. The Romans may have controlled more or less of the percentage of their known world, but I simply have more in common with the culture and style of the British Empire; even though I am descended from both ancestrally - my father's family is Italian and my mom's ancestors were one of the Tilly families on the Mayflower. :)
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I voted for the Roman Empire, it's legacy created the Western world and it's power was arguably the greatest of any power in history, including the present day U.S.A. People flocked to be called Roman for centuries, their cultural dominance would have Coca Cola and McDonalds advertisers shaking in their boots and their army was the greatest fighting force on Earth for almost five hundred years.
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I agree, Tolkien's Valinor truely is great."I may be drunk my dear woman, but in the morning I will be sober, and you will still be ugly." WSC
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Originally posted by scotsboyukI think you are meaning the mighty Swiss Empire!
Seriously though, why do you say the British Empire?
Incidentally, considering what you are reading, many consider the dusk to have finally fallen on January 24th 1965 ...
I say British for 3 reasons. The first 2 reasons are somewhat pithy and the 3rd is more serious
1. Because I'm of Scots descent on my fathers side
2. I'm something of an anglophile
3. What other empire accomplished so much, for so long, having started from what appears to be a minor series of islands off the coast of Europe?“He was the most prodigious personification of all human inferiorities. He was an utterly incapable, unadapted, irresponsible, psychopathic personality, full of empty, infantile fantasies, but cursed with the keen intuition of a rat or a guttersnipe. He represented the shadow, the inferior part of everybody’s personality, in an overwhelming degree, and this was another reason why they fell for him.”
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Originally posted by eMachineof course roman empire, oldest and greatest but did you add only old empires? maybe we are missing ottoman emipre too... if you do not vote olds then gotta add ottomans... maybe you dont want and like ottoman empire :)
Rome didn't trully leave the Italian Peninsula until the 2nd Punic War.
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Originally posted by TopHatter3. What other empire accomplished so much, for so long, having started from what appears to be a minor series of islands off the coast of Europe?
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Originally posted by PraxusRome started as a city-state (supposidly of Latins and Trojans) and over a 900 year period conquered the whole of the med. Also I might add that without Rome, England would have been a series of insignificant islands, in all likelyhood.
True enough, Rome (like all empires I suppose) started from humble origins. However, Rome was not on an island.
Also, you are entirely correct about the Rome/England connection. :)“He was the most prodigious personification of all human inferiorities. He was an utterly incapable, unadapted, irresponsible, psychopathic personality, full of empty, infantile fantasies, but cursed with the keen intuition of a rat or a guttersnipe. He represented the shadow, the inferior part of everybody’s personality, in an overwhelming degree, and this was another reason why they fell for him.”
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Originally posted by PraxusRome started as a city-state (supposidly of Latins and Trojans) and over a 900 year period conquered the whole of the med. Also I might add that without Rome, England would have been a series of insignificant islands, in all likelyhood."I may be drunk my dear woman, but in the morning I will be sober, and you will still be ugly." WSC
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Originally posted by scotsboyukWestern civilisation as a whole owes Rome a huge debt, it is Roman values and culture that we basue our own societies upon and seek to spread to others. The Roman Empire is arguably the most influential human construct ever created.
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Originally posted by PraxusThe Roman Republic was far more influentual in the Age of Enlightenment and the founding of modern western civilization after the Dark Ages then the Empire ever was."I may be drunk my dear woman, but in the morning I will be sober, and you will still be ugly." WSC
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Originally posted by scotsboyukThe Enlightenment led on from earlier periods, which were influenced by the Empire, thus both periods have very strong influences upon modern society. Some of of the most powerful influences we still feel are the simplest e.g. measurements, alphabet, etc.
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