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What is your favorite historical example of a long-lasting multi-ethnic society?

• yummyfajitas 11y ago
  Rome would be the obvious answer here.
  • flubert 11y ago
    Thanks. Are there any signs you'd recommend that we watch for in respect to decline-of-empire and Gothic invasion and immigration, in order to see if the U.S. is following along a similar path? Or is that the preferred outcome?
    • yummyfajitas 11y ago
      The Romans were multi-ethnic from pretty early on - Italians, Greeks, Africans, any ethnicity surrounding the Mediterranean was represented. Their first black emperor (Caracalla) about 200 years in was a nonevent. Overall I think 500 years/1100 years (western/eastern) is a pretty good run.