On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Philip Hart wrote: >On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, David Silberstein wrote: > >> On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Philip Hart wrote: >> >> >]From J.M. Roberts's _Twentieth Century_: >> > >> >]"It is the essence of empire that it rules over many peoples..." Another thought: Empire is not just rule over "many peoples", but over "many *conquered* peoples". They do call the founder "Kieron the Conqueror". >> >Anyway, to me the Empire seems more like a big Kingdom under this >> >definition, given the ethnic cleansing of the Serioli and perhaps >> >the cat-centaurs. I am not sure if the Serioli were "ethnically cleansed". But they were definitely conquered.