Perhaps two of the most powerful empires that ever existed or still exist today are Ancient Rome and the United States. The Romans created a new perspective when it came to the matter of marriage, treating it as a mutual union rather than an arrangement. Impressively, their maverick ideas still live on in our society today. In government and foreign affairs, historians continuously argue that no other civilization handled these issues more competently than Rome. Again following the footsteps of the Romans, the United States has made a tremendous name for itself in the global political sche…