The Romans didn't conquer Scotland because they didn't want to, because it was not important at all. No offense to Scottish people but at the time a territory so cold and harsh was strategically useless. That's why the Romans didn't conquer the Sahara desert: because it was useless.
As I said before, the British conquered no advanced civilization. They just took lands from either savages or from peaceful people. At one point they even got their ass kicked by the Zulu with spears and cowskin shields!
On any powergraph, the USA today is yuuuuuuge. But we have Cuba sitting a short few miles off our coast. From historical points of view, this wouldn't look right in a powergraph, but there are other things besides "conquering" land/people and power projection.
I would agree with this, as the influence of a civilization is not just in the size of land.
But the Roman empire again comes out on top: they invented a shitton of things. From agricultural methods, aqueducts and sewers, military equipment and tactics, systems of government, to their famous law and philosophy. European countries that don't speak English still have their judicial system based on Roman Law, by the way. Oh, and the alphabet that we use right now: was invented by the Romans. And the calendar.
The cultural influence of the Romans in their own time makes them the greatest empire; although I'll say that the British do much better in this aspect as they have exported the ideals of freedom and capitalism around the world.
The map I linked earlier is not about share of land. It's about historical and cultural influence.
The Romans didn't conquer Scotland because they didn't want to, because it was not important at all. No offense to Scottish people but at the time a territory so cold and harsh was strategically useless. That's why the Romans didn't conquer the Sahara desert: because it was useless.
As I said before, the British conquered no advanced civilization. They just took lands from either savages or from peaceful people. At one point they even got their ass kicked by the Zulu with spears and cowskin shields!
On any powergraph, the USA today is yuuuuuuge. But we have Cuba sitting a short few miles off our coast. From historical points of view, this wouldn't look right in a powergraph, but there are other things besides "conquering" land/people and power projection.
I would agree with this, as the influence of a civilization is not just in the size of land.
But the Roman empire again comes out on top: they invented a shitton of things. From agricultural methods, aqueducts and sewers, military equipment and tactics, to their famous law and philosophy. Europeans countries that don't speak English still have their judicial system based on Roman Law, by the way. Oh, and the alphabet that we use right now: was invented by the Romans. And the calendar.
The cultural influence of the Romans in their own time makes them the greatest empire; although I'll say that the British do much better in this aspect as they have exported the ideals of freedom and capitalism around the world.
The map I linked earlier is not about share of land. It's about historical and cultural influence.
The Romans didn't conquer Scotland because they didn't want to, because it was not important at all. No offense to Scottish people but at the time a territory so cold and harsh was strategically useless. That's why the Romans didn't conquer the Sahara desert: because it was useless.
As I said before, the British conquered no advanced civilization. They just took lands from either savages or from peaceful people. At one point they even got their ass kicked by the Zulu with spears and cowskin shields!
On any powergraph, the USA today is yuuuuuuge. But we have Cuba sitting a short few miles off our coast. From historical points of view, this wouldn't look right in a powergraph, but there are other things besides "conquering" land/people and power projection.
I would agree with this, as the influence of a civilization is not just in the size of land.
But the Roman empire again comes out on top: they invented a shitton of things. From agricultural methods, aqueducts and sewers, military equipment and tactics, to their famous law and philosophy. Europeans countries that don't speak English still have their judicial system based on Roman Law, by the way. Oh, and the alphabet that we use right now: was invented by the Romans.
The cultural influence of the Romans in their own time makes them the greatest empire; although I'll say that the British do much better in this aspect as they have exported the ideals of freedom and capitalism around the world.
The map I linked earlier is not about share of land. It's about historical and cultural influence.