Empires
The term empire derives from the Latin imperium (power, authority). Politically, an empire is a geographically extensive group of states and peoples (ethnic groups) united and ruled either by a monarch (emperor, empress) or an oligarchy.
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Famous quotes containing the word empires:
“Have you known how to take rest? You have done more than he who hath taken empires and cities.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)
“They are a sort of post-house,where the Fates
Change horses, making history change its tune,
Then spur away o’er empires and o’er states,
Leaving at last not much besides chronology,
Excepting the post-obits of theology.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“The day of small nations has long passed away. The day of Empires has come.”
—Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914)