The fact of the matter is that the Roman Empire is alive and well , or not so well ! The Ottoman period was , as the Persian empire a competitor for Hegemony. The Chinese , Mongolians , along with all other Indigenous Empires where regional . 17th &18 century British , Dutch , Spanish , French and Hollandaise Colonial Sea Trading Empires subjectgated the then known World to the rebuilt Western Roman Empire ! While the 15th to 19th century Holy Russian Empire under the Romanov Dynasty ( Hint , Hint ) ( Third Rome ) grew into the Largest Land Empire in History , the Eastern Roman Empire ! The Roman Empire was , is East West and will always be the World Empire til the coming of Antichrist ! Then the END my Friend ! Source for my point of view , though not my own . Holy Tradition and Holy Scripture . The Book of Daniel reveals that the Roman Empire is the Last Empire of Man So the British historians can suck a thumb