What if the Roman Empire Reunited Today?

The Roman Empire was one of the largest and most influential civilizations that ever existed. But what if somehow in today's current global age, the Empire was recreated to its exact ancient borders? What would the country look like today in the 21st century, and how would it compare to other countries across the world? This video attempts to find out!

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[croatianmapping]

Roman Empire: lets make a capital
Rome: I’m the Capi....
Roman Empire: Istanbul

[aldrinmilespartosa]

Isn’t it ironic that Rome’s poorest part of the empire (England, France, Germany) is now the richest part while Rome’s historically the richest part (Greece, Egypt, Turkey and onward) is currently the poorest

[oscarcastelot]

*“The main language would be Arabic.”*
Latin: Sumne iocus ad te?

[stevelam]

England: I'd like to call a referendum about staying or leaving the Empire.

[get_wet]

Instanbul as modern Roman Empire's capital?
What Rome?

[buffgarfield]

For this video, I don't think you understand what owning the entire mediterranean sea with modern technology would do for Rome's GDP

[saltynoodles]

Mediterranean sea : *exists*
Roman empire : is it for me 🥺

[aalb]

Imagine a summit between Emperor Augustus and Joe Biden.

[beetheimmortal]

>Istanbul as Roman capital

>Rome: Am I a joke to you?

[kashsmith]

Another question.
What if the Roman Empire never fell at all?

[silvanobianchini]

"What language would this empire speak?" easy, Latin

[ollietomlinson]

When my mind tried to comprehend a roman empire without the traditional warriors and instead having tanks and guns my brain went very fuzzy

[Malkavius]

"What if the Roman Empire Reunited Today?"
Don't do that...
Don't give me hope.

[AlexanderCheff]

>Rome reunites
>Still calling it "Istanbul"
B O I

[marcovalens]

Related to an earlier comment, the modern incarnation of the Roman Empire would control not only the Suez Canal but also Gibraltar, as well as the Turkish straits, and have an access to the Atlantic. It would also have access to the Indian Ocean, and possibly a direct land route to China. It would easily have the potential to dominate a good chunk of global trade.

[blur-blade]

The thing you miss when you just add their GDPs together and compare the the USA is that the USA’s GDP comes from the fact it’s united. If the states were independent, all the states economies would collapse. So if the countries united, their economies would grow massively, likely far beyond the USA. For example the EU’s economies would grow if it federalised and shrink if it dissolved.

[darrendavies]

Him: Istanbul is the capital,



Me: ROME, ROMan empire!

[gabrielwilliams]

"Non-Romans!" said the Romans being invaded by Non-Romans.

[mythicalrp]

I can't believe that at one point London (Londinium), Jerusalem, Baghdad, Istanbul (Byzantium/Constantinople), and Cairo was part of just one country.

[samuelkleiber]

1:13 listen up ladies, "size isn't necessarily everything"