Empire favourability

Very amused that a company polled on how favourably people viewed empires from over 2,000 years ago. It got me thinking how I would assess them. On a favourability score out of 10, I would be.

• Roman Republic 9/10 – a stunning model of checks and balances, an army loyal to the state
• Ancient Athens 8/10 – invented democracy, cool Gods, great thinkers, not too stable
• Carthage 7/10 – great navy, prosperous, an oligarchy
• Holy Roman Empire 6.5/10 – stables, long lasting. Limited central control.
• Persian Empire – 6.5/10 good bureaucracy and army. Not as miliatarily successful
• Roman Empire – 6/10 – long lasting. Game of two halves. A few good emperors, many terrible ones
• Visigoths – 5.5/10 good integration and laws. Not very impactful.
• Huns – 5/10 too nomadic, and Attila only successful leader