Which was the coolest empire?

[EnzoHonda]

British Empire, baby. It's why all our money has the queen on it and everything starts with "Royal Canadian." Not looking forward to having Charles on our money. Not one bit.

 

[ygetoff]

British. Largest ever.

That doesn't count for much, seeing as it was amassed over many, many years.
The Mongol Empire under Genghis Khan was about the same size, and acquired over just a few years.

OT: The Persians were pretty cool. So were the Han Chinese.

 

[LongAndShort]

Assyrian. First organised armies, roads (for moving armies) and general awesomeness. Probably the first big Empire.

I think the first true empire was either the Ethiopians or the Egyptians.

I said the first big empire. The Assyrians controlled more land and people than the Egyptians (often including Egypt itself) and more people than the Ethiopians. They dominated the battlefield for hundreds of years, until eventually all the subjugated peoples, angry neighbours and even an Assyrian tribe (the Babylonians) got together and put the Assyrian empire down. Of course every empire in Asia Minor afterwards (including the Persians)used the Assyrian empire as a model to some extent or another for some reason or another (such as the Persians using roads and towers to provide better communication).

 

[Superhyperactiveman]

gotta be the empire in star wars I mean they had a DEATH STAR that's as cool as it gets surually right

Are you kidding? It destroyed one planet, then got blown up by some farm boy who could barely use the force, because no one thought to prepare the big bad station against a smaller, more insignificant fighter. Then the emperor said, "Well, that sucked epically... Let's build another! And lead it into battle when half of it's still missing! Yeah! Vader! Bring me some space hookers!"

My favorite empire was the Japanese. Any empire where the emperor can command anyone to ritualistically kill themselves and they'll do it without question is bad-ass...

 

[firedfns13]

Caesar was a motherfucking genius.

Yeah...it might help that most of the accounts of his campaigns were written by...you've guessed it...

...he even tried to spin his brief stint in the British isles...

I guess I did not know that; But hey, if your answer to an army of gauls that came to attack you whilst you lay siege to an army of gauls is to lay siege (in reverse) to both the army of gauls, you are awesome in my book.
gauls || Romans || gauls || Romans || gauls.

 

[Zyxzy]

Mongolian. Let's hear if for the yassa.

 

[Spaghetti]

British Empire. Longest lasting and we took over half the world through the cunning use of flags.

 

[John Stalvern]

The Imperium of Man.

 

[Ghonzor]

The Empire. Duh.

Damn, someone beat me to it.

On a serious note, the Roman Empire was quite a force to be reckoned with. But then, most empires were...comes with the title I suppose.

 

[Julianking93]

The Empire. Duh.

/thread.

 

[thiosk]

Hm...

FOR THE EMPEROR! PURGE THE ALIEN!