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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 3147471, member: 76086&quot;]This is one of those topics that drives me nuts.&nbsp; The definitions typically are pretty clear.&nbsp; An empire consists of a centralized government (or not centralized, that can be debated) in which Kings and or Kingdoms are vassals to a single individual (obviously it can be debated that governors can be included).&nbsp; A kingdom has no vassals (again the semantics can be argued).&nbsp; As a dealer I often wonder these things as I wish to present coins in the most honest manner, but I have to guess at the disparity one encounters with coin descriptions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why is there a Roman Empire but not a Macedonian Empire?&nbsp; They operated essentially the same and under similar structure.&nbsp; Why are the Seleukids regarded as a &#039;Kingdom&#039; bust just as often an &#039;Empire&#039;?.&nbsp; I have no doubt some scholars might dismiss my question as being ignorant, but if one examines history it can become a bit confusing.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It can be postulated that the United States (and nearly all other countries in the world) are also &#039;Empires&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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