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title: Parallels between the Roman and the American empires
date: "2002-09-26T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1137
description: I found an insightful Guardian piece comparing the Roman and American empires, focusing on their shared trajectories of military expansion, global dominance, and the internal political tensions that define a superpower's shift toward imperial control.
keywords: [roman empire, american empire, geopolitics, imperialism, history, superpowers]
---

The Guardian on [the parallels between the Roman and the American empires](http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,794163,00.html).