How is the Roman Empire historically remembered today?

your every day life is affected by it in one way or another

The birth of Western Europe.

A cautionary tale of hubris, and of the impermanence of power.

Gays.

>>3220283
>western Europe
>china
>America
any other takes on rome

>>3220286
I'd like to point this out before the thread goes too much further

Republic > Kingdom > Empire > Byzantines

>>3220297
what about HRE?

>>3220297
Where's the Ottomans?

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>>3220305

>>3220297
>""""""""""Republic""""""""""

>>3220297
literally in reverse order famm

>>3220554
what was the kingdom then?

>>3220297
Republic>Empire>Byzantines>Kingdom as far as storylines go.

As far as style however:
Byzantines>empire>republic>kingdom(we wuz greeks n shieet)

>>3220297
The republic sucked horsecock and didn't even function as a proper republic. Was literally worse distributed than US electoral college.

>>3220260
As founders of western civilization

>>3220260
Punic Wars were pretty fuggin neat

>>3220297
>Republic
Oligarchy*

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Normie civ

>>3220305
>>3220307
ebin

>>3220350
>"""""""empi
*civil war starts

>>3221774
>>3220283
Umm sweetie that would be Greeks.

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>>3222319
>republic didn't have civil wars

Romulus is Christ

Reminder that romans were not white
Carry on

>>3222333
>dumb sweetie-poster

No, it wouldn't be greeks. Romans decided what got into western civilization and what didn't.