What do you think of the Roman Empire????

I have various opinions, but reading some of their laws has been fun. Specifically 192-3 in this case. Although this particular law was from the Republic

Until this question I wasn't, but I do like how they figured out that society needed to have entertainment to thrive and not implode.

It was an example of the hegemonic power Western populations tend to create.
It was hated and discredited for centuries and then it finally fell.
Roman soldiers stood on the Silk Road in 48 bc, intending to take it over, all the way to China. The Parthians sent a regiment of police against them, with huge silk banners and Chinese steel weapons.
The Romans used their bronze shields, but the Chinese steel punctured them. They lost. But that's how the Romans discovered silk and steel. It's like how the West is discovering Iran and the rest of the world, today.

I had two years of Latin in high school and two years in college. I was never much of a student but I enjoyed reading about it.

I'm a bit tired of it as we all should be.

I found the togas quite drafty.

I wish it had coincided with the advances in thought of the Enlightenment, the world would look very different today ... the Americas may never have been colonized by Europeans for example, Europe may have been democratic and more secular for much longer and less fragmented / "Balkanized" today, maybe all monarchies would be abolished by now ... it would've been interesting just to see the different path world history would have taken

Not really thought about it

They paved the way for some great roads.

Its a toss up

Major contributor to the creation of laws and modern civilization

It rose and fell, like every other empire. No emperor seems to remember this.

Might be a better option than the Trump empire.