Also - a quick note - Roman Empire....evil? Imperialist, maybe. Not evil, though. Our entire culture stems from the Romans, and nobody has managed an empire like their's since, and if they were truly evil, they'd have lost their grip within months.[/quote]
If you're suggesting that the Roman Empire hasn't been matched in terms of size, population and power since it's fall, then you're mistaken. The Japanese Empire, Empire of Brazil, Portugese, Second French colonial, Qing dynasty of China, Spanish, Russian, Mongol and British Empires were all superior in those respects, they're also in order according to the aforementioned criteria. This list alone is without roughly five other superior Empires, due to my lack of knowledge about them, however they were indeed superior.
However if you are referring to an "Empire like their's" by some other criteria, then you may well be correct. I agree with you that the Romans weren't evil though, just living in a different culture where imperialist policies were fairly normal, as opposed to the much more anti-conflict (albeit still not anti-conflict enough) views of the modern World.