Many people would be surprised to learn America has been at war for about 93% of the years its been existence[0]. The Roman empire was at war nearly non-stop f

Many people would be surprised to learn America has been at war for about 93% of the years its been existence[0]. The Roman empire was at war nearly non-stop for centuries too and with probably varying degrees of public awareness[1]. The real news I think would be an empire that managed to avoid war for any extended period of time w/out declining. If examples of this exist in history, perhaps we can learn from them. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_the_Uni... [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_wars_and_battles https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_wars_and_battl...