One billion minutes ago, the Roman Empire was flourishing. Google Earth has now been downloaded more than a billion times, according to the Official Google Blog. The number counts the "desktop client, mobile apps and the Google Earth plug-in.
"Give unto Caesar what is Caesar's" was the mantra of the old Roman Empire. It meant that the central government, in the form of the Emperor, would get paid for its work, and all else remained with the states.
The Carthaginians were the Roman Empire's greatest enemy and when Carthage was beaten by a long Roman siege during the Punic wars in 146 BC, the Romans spared no one and became the single most powerful empire on the planet at that time.
Let's hope it isn't too telling for the American economy that Stanley Bing's latest book traces the history of the "mogul" back to the Roman Empire. What's up with the company formerly known as Ask Jeeves?
