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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
No empire has ever held for more than a century.
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This seems to me to be objectively false. The Roman Empire had certainly begun when Augustus ascended in 27 BC. It was certainly still around during the reign of Hadrian, when he built a wall in Britain marking its northmost extent. Hadrian died in 138 AD, or 165 years later. A strong case can be made for times before and after this as well, but even this period is over a century, and includes nearly uninterupted expansion and dominance.