All comparisons between America's current place in the world and anything legitimately called an empire in the past reveal ignorance and confusion about any reasonable meaning of the concept empire, especially the comparison with the Roman Empire.

Quote by Donald Kagan

Kagan Donald. Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy. New York: The Free Press.

" At present Kagan is considered among the foremost scholars of Greek history. He was Dean of Yale College from 1989 to 1992.