Donald Kagan quote

All comparisons between America's current place in the world and anything legitimately called an empire in the past reveal ignorance and confusion about any reasonable meaning of the concept empire, especially the comparison with the Roman Empire.
Donald Kagan
Donald Kagan
Donald Kagan
Born: 1932

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