Is America the new Roman empire?

Many of the roads the Romans built are still in use today. Well, perhaps slightly modified and improved, but still.

 

Also we are now 2000 years later (roughly). So a lot of those buildings did last a 1000 years Most was just stripped from their marble etc. for re-use though.

 

I think some of the aqueducts they made are still carrying water... Somebody said that way back in grade school... That was close to a thousand years ago too... Or somesuch

 

well thy both acted like they had some kind of divine right to own everything else, to not care if they screwed everything up for everyone else. like all things, rome ended.

they were both born in hedonism, and ended in fanaticism. well the u.s. hasn't ended yet, but it certainly seems to be working on it. while trying to dominate the planet by threat of force at the same time.

will america meet its abalard? it doesn't think that's possible, but then, neither did rome.

rome thought being civilized insulated itself from barbarism, while becoming increasingly barbaric and corrupt itself.

people have been drawing too easy parallels for a very long time. ever since the end of the last war it was on the right side of, at least in europe.

but yah, the mafia doctrine of endless dominance, empires weaken themselves by being empires.

a time may come soon, when america, despite throwing everything into its military, will be forced by reality, to comply with international law, instead of imposing it to its exclusive benefit as ever it cares to.

 

We Brits had an Empire much bigger than the Romans. Now its all gone. Except Gibraltar and the Falklands which will no doubt be gone in the near future.

Empires never last. Even now the American empire is expiring.

 

Same happened with Great Britain and rightfully too .

 

Yep.

America succeeded Britain as the leading world power in the twentieth century. In the 21st, it looks like Asia is set to become dominant.

 

How much longer till the American Empire falls?

 

Perhaps it will fade.

 

One can hope. :sunny:

 

It may be falling even now.

 

Let's hope so. Imperialism stinks.

 

But I dont know how much we should cheer.

The alternatives may be worse. China for example.

 

brittain became a better place when it lost its empire. having to toe the line of international law, instead of getting way with imposing our own economic convenience on everyone else, i believe it is quite possible, can make america a better place for it, when that time comes too.

 

i have to completely agree

 

You may well be right.

But another aspect is that the Romans and the British were both big players in the whole process of globalization. During the last century when America came to be the dominant power, this process has surely neared completion.

I dont know if its a good or a bad thing. Mixed maybe. But its a fact.

 

Not when you consider that Rome was established in 753 BC and the Empire lasted until 1453 AD, when Constantinople fell. That's over 2000 years.

 

The Pantheon was built around 100 AD and it is still in wonderful condition today.