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Re:Anatomy of a Book Cancellation by pbhjpbhj on Saturday February 11, 2023 @05:22AM (#34751050)
Surely not, an empire has an emperor/empress (an Imperator of some sort).
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Re:Anatomy of a Book Cancellation by brazzy on Sunday February 12, 2023 @05:50PM (#34767992)
No, that is not the definition used by historians and political scholars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire#Definition

Because what some ruler calls him- or herself isn't really a useful category.

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