Reading post 129943 in main thread: ~Greatest civilization ever~
August 14th, 2005  
Arclight
 
One must define "greatest" in order to answer your question. Would longest standing empire warrant the title greatest civilization? Or would it be the empire with the most contributions to science, the arts, mathematics, et cetera?

I'll think about this one a bit more, though the Roman Empire immediately shot into my head upon reading the title of this thread.
 
 
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