"The sun never sets on the ____ empire" ? thanks?

Question

So roman and british? I have a small bet with my brother.

Answer 1

british

its cuz their empire was always in a part of the world where the sun was shining.

Answer 2

British Empire. The reason is that Great Britain had colonies all around the globe; therefore, the sun was always in the sky *somewhere* on the British Empire.

It couldn't possibly have been Rome, as the Roman Empire never went west of Europe, south of Egypt or east of what is now Iran.

Btw, IntheBlowinWind is incorrect. Canada was part of the British Empire and is obviously in North America.

Answer 3

British

Answer 4

British

Answer 5

British =) i just learned about this. The British empire consists of land all over the world which is why they say " the Sun never sets in the BRiTISH empire. "

Answer 6

The sun never sets on the British empire.

Answer 7

As far as I am aware, the saying was definitely in relation to the British empire. After all, they did have colonies around the world (the Romans never did) which is a necessary for the saying to be true.

My own modern suggestion: "evil"

Answer 8

Yes, British, but way before the phrase was used, Schiller's play Don Carlos (c 1800) has Philip II of Spain say "The sun never sets on my empire."

Answer 9

The sun never sets on the british empire! It 8th grade social studies.

Answer 10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_empire_on_which_the_sun_never_sets

According to wikipedia, it was first used regarding the Spanish empire under the reign of Charles V, the Holy Roman Empire. Only later was it said about the British Empire.

Answer 11

Roman