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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Star Wars]]''' presentation of a republic falling and giving way to empire has obvious parallels with Rome; the Republic Senate gets a vote of no confidence, and Chancellor Palpatine becomes Emperor by popular acclaim. Alas, his acclaim came from a [[False
== [[Literature]] ==
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** The [[Our Zombies Are Different|Necrons]] began as the [[Warhammer|Tomb Kings]] [[In Space]], which in turn are the [[Theme Park Version]] of Ancient Egypt.
* The Third Imperium in [[Traveller]] is a lot like [[The British Empire]] [[Recycled in Space]] especially in the noble classes. However in some aspects of culture it also resembles a [[United Space of America]].
** Justifiable by assuming that much of it was a deliberate [[Shout
== [[Video Games]] ==
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