What was the most effective empire in history?

Ohh that's hard, roman empire had amazing military organization and strategy when it came to land warfare. They also made massive advances in technology with roads, building and even plumbing . But the British empire had domination of the seas and more importantly the trade routes. With this Britain amassed vast wealth and land, especially considering the size of the homeland. British ships were the most advanced in the world at the peak of the empire and Britain made the first dreadnought class ship which made all previous ships obsolete in one stroke. And the British empire kicked off the industrial revolution with moving production of goods from the home into the first factories mass producing goods, pioneering the world into the modern era of machinery.

I myself am going to say the most effective empire was the Roman empire, because for their time period they were incredibly resourceful. They invented concrete, and built roads everywhere which greatly increased their traveling speeds. Not only that, but their military strategy was almost flawless (there were a few exceptions), Roman phalanxes were a wall of bristling death that more traditional armies broke their teeth on. However, Romans had their faults. One of the main reasons the Roman empire fell, was because they became to spread out. they could not manage the land they had amassed with the troops they had, and because of that, the German nomads were able to break down the Roman army. Romans were also not real big on navies. They were able to defeat Greece, but it would have been a lot easier for the Romans if they had a larger navy. The Greek city-states controlled the waters and were able to raise a lot of havoc with their ships, disrupting supply lines and such, which slowed the Roman advance considerably. Overall however, the Romans were pretty effective.

Of the list, the Romans. Off the list and the best, the Spanish Empire

yeah I should have added the Spanish empire to the list. Knew I was forgetting at least one.

Could you stick the USA up there please?

USA ain't an empire.

It sure is. You can say you aren't a weiner but you are.

USA was not an empire :An empire is defined as "an aggregate of nations or people ruled over by an emperor or other powerful sovereign or government, usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire or Roman Empire." An empire can be made solely of contiguous territories such as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, or of territories far remote from the homeland, such as a colonial empire. - Wikipedia mother truckers

The USA since its beginning was against imperialism. In fact, one of FDR's aims was to disband the British Empire. Apart from the Philippines, I fail to think of anything else that could be classifed as an ex-colony.

I bet you don't think that Europe is the Fourth German Reich either, do you?

It isn't. They're a spearate set on nations iwht different forms of government, belief, culture, etc. So please don't come up with your conspiracy theories.

Butter Ball Bill wrote:

Could you stick the USA up there please?

no Fourth German Reich in europe since Germany does not have total power over the Nations. And also does not have the military power to impose control. The End

CrimsonKing116 wrote:

Empires are characteristically countries that expand under an Emperor or King

It is not just the Philipines either, you guys are forgetting the infamous Banana Wars.

Butter Ball Bill wrote:

Irish are characteristically drunkards. If one is not a drunkard, are they not Irish?

CrimsonKing116 wrote:

They are all apart of one whole country, not an empire made up of several countries and colonies.

The great Roman Empire,the Roman Empire created an effective military system, incredible war machines , a combat system ever seen.

aye but the British rules the seas with their superior ship of the line and later on revolutionised Naval warfare with the Dreadnought class

The British Empire off course, the Empire on which the sun never sets.

Wikipedia wrote:

"At its height, it was the largest empire in history and, for over a century, was the foremost global power.^[1] By 1922 the British Empire held sway over about 458 million people, one-fifth of the world's population at the time.^[2] The empire covered more than 33,700,000 km² (13,012,000 sq mi), almost a quarter of the Earth's total land area."

Ellio_98 wrote:

aye but the British rules the seas with their superior ship of the line and later on revolutionised Naval warfare with the Dreadnought class

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cartagena_de_Indias

SaintDamien wrote:

The British Empire off course, the Empire on which the sun never sets.