You were off by my question by a little-I wondered if Rome was the greatest empire out of many other great ones.

I also disagree with the "empireness" (if you get what I mean) of Genghis Khan. He was just a brute barbarian who conquered vast strectches of land with violence and cruelty. The fact that the Mongolic "empire" lasted for a very short time, doesn't help either. Rome may have not compared with land mass, but in terms of culture, military, and length of existence is superiour to that of the MOngol "empire."

Just for fun-Panairjdde you're Italian right? Congradulations on their victory over Germany in the semifinals!!!