Which was the greatest ancient empire?

if you buy Augustus' argument that all he did was restore the Republic.
I really don't think that Augustus' argument is really sustainable, though. Rome post 27BCE is not exactly a democratic state, IMHO.
 
Democracy is not a necessary component of being a republic. Two different political traditions there.

But that was hardly more than a wisecrack from me. I was merely pointing out that the Roman Republic did a fair bit of real estate acquisition, not to mention outright genocide. The Empire was as big as it was largely thanks to the Republic.
 

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