User blog comment:Draugluin the werewolf/Really Pt2/@comment-26535281-20160705143715

The reason Rome was different is it's attitude, military, and affect. No empire before or after has had such a military force or a cultural impact on society.

1. The roman military was the finest force to ever exist. If it was not for political blunders and betrayal the empire might have been able to expand far beyond it's borders. The Roman legion was a perpetual war machine. drilled and drilled again, to the point of where in the chaos of battle they would be able to follow orders.

2. The cultural impact of rome is huge. Most European nations can trace their routes to rome.

3. no one loves rome as much as DD2.