Quote Originally Posted by Skullheadhq View Post
Romans are the Americans fom back then, Uncivilized, Imperialist Barbaroi who have absolutely zero culture and are constantly boasting about their miltary might. Eat worthless food and say they are the best of the best. And they have plebeians and patricians, you can only become senator with enough money for bribes etc.

It's the same really. And they both have the Capitol. Both a fake democracy, both an emperor. Both have "Allies" (read puppet states) and they both look down on other peoples (Greeks and Carthaginians for Romans, Blacks and Hispanics for Americans)

Ther are very few differences if you sum it up.
that was a typical argument made by Academia and political theorists during the 90's , when the US became the one undisputed superpower surviving the Cold War... back then it seemed like the USA would establish a global hegemony based on military/cultural/economic suppremacy and shape a world under the "western moral standards" ... i think the pinacle of those visions of PAX AMERICANA was the 1998 NATO operation at Kosovo... today with the US fighting rearguard wars all over Asia i think we are safe to say that the Romans proved infinitely more politicaly wise...