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2) The British Empire is the closest analog to the Roman Empire in living memory. For hundred of millions of people in the past 3 centuries, British aristocrats
by em500 8y ago
2) The British Empire is the closest analog to the Roman Empire in living memory. For hundred of millions of people in the past 3 centuries, British aristocrats were the upper-class rulers, both hated and admired by many of the ruled (including Americans in the colonial era).
- benj111 8y agoI would put more stock in the American Colonial side, rather than living memory side. Western cinema is after all western biased. I'm biased anyway, being British and not upper class.