Keywords:
Rome, United States, empire, civitas, expansion, hierarchy, order, military power, economyCopyright (c) 2016 Javier Leiva Bustos
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Abstract
The aim of the present essay is to place Rome as the historic paradigm of the model of Empire, and to defend the translatio imperii thesis up to the imperialistic character of the United States of America. In order to achieve this, we will look into the training, historiographical context and distinctive features on both orders, thus showing that the United States of America truly constitutes an Empire, and that they represent an updating on the archetype established with Rome.
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