Now that’s an aquila! Eagle and weapons from an Augustan-era funerary monument, mistakenly named the Apotheosis of Claudius but probably that of the general Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus in whose country villa it was located. Part of the Spanish Royal Collection in Museo del Prado, Madrid, photograph in Wikipedia “Aquila” under license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

TOP 10 TYPES OF EMPIRE (SPECIAL MENTION)

I’ve ranked my Top 10 Types of Empire but wait – there’s more! I have special mentions!

As the types of empire are not too distinctive or varied, I have used an elastic definition of the subject category for these special mentions extending beyond types of empire to the features, tropes, or types of imperialism.

With that elastic definition, I’ve also been able to extend my special mentions to the usual twenty special mentions I prefer for my top ten lists, including the weirder or wilder entries I prefer towards the end of my special mentions – and the kinky or kinkier entry I like for my final or twentieth special mention.