Talk:Translatio imperii

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The choice was not arbitrary as these empires were figuratively mentioned in the Book of Daniel as four beasts coming out of the sea, or, alternatively, as four parts to a statue. What does this sentence imply? Prophetic fulfillment? -FredrikM

Since after the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 France became the greatest continental power, and after Waterloo / Trafalgar ~ 1815 Great Britain became the greatest world power, and after 1945 the United States of America became despite Russian competition the world superpower... could the line be said to have continued up to this day?

The author of the paragraph above is mistaken by associating it with military power. This is about legitimacy from the Roman emperors and the right to bear the title "Emperor of the Romans".

I thought the proposal was that Empress Irene's son was supposed to marry Charlemange's daughter, not Irene and Charlemange marrying each other. --Lucius Sempronius Turpio 06:43, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

The article on Charlemange states a third; that Charles offered to marry Irene.--XtremeNL 19:44, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

I think this article could be good, but it needs some work. --Lucius Sempronius Turpio 06:50, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Austrian empire/German empire

What about Austrian empire and German empire as well as Bulgarian empire?--Dojarca 16:30, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Westward course empire

The sort-of-related concept in the 18th-20th centuries was "Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way", which could be referred to. The German Wikipedia has an article on it: de:Westward_the_course_of_empire_takes_its_way -- AnonMoos (talk) 18:38, 22 November 2007 (UTC)