TheRealMafoo said:
I guess the reason I have a hard time picking them (and the US), is while both have had a huge impact on the world, what they have really done is expand the Romans culture (granted a lot of things have changed too). I think the Romans were the first people who took over nations, with the belief that doing so would make that country a better place. Most of the time they were right. The British and the US do the same. There is this feeling of doing the right thing that's part of there culture. This is Roman influence however, and not British. Every time the Brits did this kind of thing, it was an example of why the Romans had such an influence. We do get our language from the british, but not sure that's such a great thing. As far as languages go, English kind of sucks. |
The British completed what the Romans started. They were more successful in that respect on a worldwide level. Also English may suck but it's one of the biggest "leftovers" from the empire and amazingly enough over a quater of the world speaks some form of English.
Americanisation is sweaping across the world (China and India) and in maybe 200 years we will be tlaking about how that has had the greatest influence over people.
