Is America the new Rome?

[Red Peasant]

If you read my previous post you will see that it can be interpreted that Rome was also an empire "in denial" for a very long time.

Anyway, surely the massive continental expansion into the West by the US and the (very imperialistic) ideology of 'Manifest Destiny' are strong evidence for territorial imperialism as conceived in simplistic terms. However, I would suggest that imperialism is much more than just setting up physical frontiers with neat little border posts.