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    8 months ago

    I just wouldn’t call it an empire, that’s all. I’m not a historian but to me, empires are made by occupying other countries.

    The US is a powerful nation of course, but they don’t have the same focus on conquest as the other countries throughout history have had.

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        8 months ago

        That would be interesting, to compare the land mass of the US with the max size of the Roman empire. My guess is that the romans would win by a hair.

        But the Brits would definitely win because they have Australia, which is almost as big as the continental US just in itself, let alone all the other countries they conquered.