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[Spiderman]

No, although brits probably got the idea from Rome but the British empire didn't start for 1300 years after Rome fell

Oh, 1300 years is longer than I thought between the two.

I was confused. I thought this Empire was the Roman Empire. It covers many of the same territories. It is actually the Byzantine Empire though.

There is also the "Holy Roman Empire".

 

[Spiderman]

Nah,,,

Agreed. People say a lot of things. There were however, a lot of empires that claim to be continuations of the Roman empire. Or at least there were a few of them, more than a couple of them.

 

[ChristineM]

Oh, 1300 years is longer than I thought between the two.

I was confused. I thought this Empire was the Roman Empire. It covers many of the same territories. It is actually the Byzantine Empire though.
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Oh wow! That is friggin beautiful. Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, much of UK, middle East, Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, and so much more! One Hell of an Empire! I wonder what their navy was like. To defeat the British Royal navy and cross the English channel , they had to have one hell of a Navy! Even Napoleon failed to do that!

(Lol, it's a joke! The great Royal British navy became best navy on earth, over a thousand years later, so the one they had when the Roman Empire crossed the English channel , was probably nothing to brag about )

 

[ChristineM]

Oh wow! That is friggin beautiful. Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, much of UK, middle East, Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, and so much more! One Hell of an Empire! I wonder what their navy was like. To defeat the British Royal navy and cross the English channel , they had to have one hell of a Navy! Even Napoleon failed to do that!

(Lol, it's a joke! The great Royal British navy became best navy on earth, over a thousand years later, so the one they had when the Roman Empire crossed the English channel , was probably nothing to brag about )

I understand the Romand had a fairly good navy, privately owned by the very rich and powered by slaves. Their task was mostly transport of wheet from Egypt, and olives from spain. If needed for conquest then they could be co-opted to transport troops.

The British attempt was a few coracles for coastal fishing